Polluting the sacred : violence, faith, and the 'civilizing' of parishioners in late medieval England /

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Drawing on spiritual and legal sources, this book provides a novel perspective on how late medieval Christianity problematized parishioners' use of violence and how parishioners tried to reconcile the demands of their faith with cultural norms that honored violent conduct.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thiery, Daniel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Colección:Later medieval Europe ; v. 3.
Temas:
To 1500
Violence > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Violence > England > History > To 1500.
Violence > Aspect religieux > Christianisme > Histoire des doctrines > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Violence
England > Church history > 1066-1485.
Angleterre > Histoire religieuse > 1066-1485.
England
Church history
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The contra: recognizing a role for violence
  • Sacred space and ritual: creating an expectancy of restraint
  • The Eucharist and the clergy: fostering charity incarnate
  • Sermons, confessions and private meditation: learning that vengeance disturbs the divine
  • Do think twice, it's not alright
  • Sacred space and ritual: finding variation yet common expectation
  • The Eucharist: demanding a dreadful peace
  • The clergy: swinging both plowshares and swords
  • The reality of 'civility' spurred by religion
  • Finding religion in restraint.

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