| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 422 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Rewriting histories
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Rewriting histories.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Book cover; half-title; series title; title; copyright; dedications; contents; list of figures; series editor's preface; list of contributors; acknowledgments; list of abbreviations; introduction; part i religious speculation and social thought; 1. jesus as mother and abbot as mother; 2. crusading as an act of love; 3. the orders of society in the eleventh and twelfth centuries; part ii reform and growth in the clerical hierarchy; 4. canossa and the ungendering of the public man; 5. the priest's wife; 6. secular clergy andreligious life; 7. the cardinals' view of the papacy, 1150-1300 |
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Part iii women and the practice of asceticism and contemplation8. were there twelfth-century cistercian nuns?; 9. mary magdalen and the contemplative life; 10. hearing is believing clarissan architecture, c. 1213-1340; 11. "men's duty to provide for women's needs"; part iv increasing violence and exclusion; 12. the creation of a christian armory against islam; 13. bodies in the jewish-christian debate ; 14. desecration of the host; 15. the two faces of secular violence against jews; index |
| Summary |
<P>Constance Hoffman Berman presents an indispensable collection of the most influential and revisionist work to be done on religion in the Middle Ages in the last two decades.</P><P>Bringing together an authoritative list of scholars from around the world, this book is a comprehensive compilation of the most important work in this field. <EM>Medieval Religion </EM>provides a valuable service for all those who study the Middle Ages, church history or religion.</P> |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
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Religion -- History.
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Religion. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
600-1500 |
| Indexed Term |
Multi-User: limited to 5 simultaneous users. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Berman, Constance H.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Medieval religion. New York ; London : Routledge, 2005 0415316863 0415316871 (DLC) 2004015899 (OCoLC)55962252 |
| ISBN |
0203328671 (electronic book) |
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9780203328675 (electronic book) |
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0415316863 (Cloth) |
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0415316871 (paperback) |
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