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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Archambeau, Nicole (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"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" --
Physical Description:1 online resource (282 pages).
ISBN:9781501753688

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