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Trustworthy Men : How Inequality and Faith Made the Medieval Church /

The medieval church was founded on and governed by concepts of faith and trust--but not in the way that is popularly assumed. Offering a radical new interpretation of the institutional church and its social consequences in England, Ian Forrest argues that between 1200 and 1500 the ability of bishops...

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Autor principal: Forrest, Ian, 1975- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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505 0 |a Theology: Belief in God; Law and Agreements: A World Made from Promises; Identity and Emotion: Faith in the Heart; The Emergence of the Trustworthy Men; Bishops Describe Trustworthiness; Very Local Elites; Representing the Community?; Time, Place, and the Limits of Trustworthy Status; Face-to-Face with the Trustworthy Men; Practical Epistemology; Other People's Money; The Material Church; Subtle Judgements; The Church Built on Trust. 
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