Souls under Siege : Stories of War, Plague, and Confession in Fourteenth-Century Provence /

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"Between 1343 and 1363, people in Europe endured two waves of plague and surging mercenary violence. Plague killed an estimated 1/3 of the population while tens of thousands of mercenaries fought in the Hundred Years War, raiding and occupying towns during lulls. This book shows that many peopl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Archambeau, Nicole (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Delphina, > of Signe, > 1284-1360.
War and society.
Plague.
Penance.
Manners and customs.
Healing > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Penance > History > France > Provence > To 1500.
Plague > France > Provence > History > To 1500.
War and society > France > Provence > History > To 1500.
Healing > Religious aspects > Christianity > History > To 1500.
France > Provence.
France.
France > Social life and customs > 1328-1600.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Between 1343 and 1363, people in Europe endured two waves of plague and surging mercenary violence. Plague killed an estimated 1/3 of the population while tens of thousands of mercenaries fought in the Hundred Years War, raiding and occupying towns during lulls. This book shows that many people understood both plague and war as spiritual sicknesses that revealed excessive sin" --
Descripción Física:1 online resource (282 pages).
ISBN:9781501753688

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