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Author Thiery, Daniel.

Title Polluting the sacred : violence, faith, and the 'civilizing' of parishioners in late medieval England / by Daniel E. Thiery.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
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Description 1 online resource (x, 196 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Later medieval Europe, 1872-7875 ; v. 3
Later medieval Europe ; v. 3.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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.
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Subject Violence -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Violence -- England -- History -- To 1500.
Violence.
England.
History.
Chronological Term To 1500
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Thiery, Daniel. Polluting the sacred. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009 9789004173873 (DLC) 2009001598 (OCoLC)300279916
ISBN 9789047427339 (electronic book)
9047427335 (electronic book)
9789004173873 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9004173870 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
Standard No. 10.1163/ej.9789004173873.i-196

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