Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Format:
Book
xv, 577 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 494-556) and index.
Contents:
Institutions and change, 1100-1200. Clerical purity and the re-ordered world / Henrietta Leyser. The bishops of Rome, 1100-1300 / Anthony Perron. Religious poverty and the search for perfection / Beverly Mayne Kienzle. Monastic and religious orders, c. 1100-c. 1350 / Brian Patrick McGuire
Forging a Christian world, 1200-1300. The theological framework / Lesley Smith. The legal underpinnings / Anders Winroth. Material support I : parishes / Brigitte Resl. Material support II : religious orders / Janet Burton. The Word and its diffusion / Katherine Jansen
The erection of boundaries. Christians and Jews / Ora Limor. Christendom and Islam / David Nirenberg. Christians and heretics / Peter Biller. Women and men / Megan McLaughlin. Heaven, hell and purgatory, 1100-1500 / Alan E. Bernstein
Shapes of a Christian world. Sacramental life / Miri Rubin. Religious soundscapes : liturgy and music / Susan Boynton. Images and their uses / Sara Lipton. Mary / Rachel Fulton. Mysticism and transcendence / Amy Hollywood
Christian life in movement. On the margins of religious life : hermits and recluses, penitents and tertiaries, beguines and beghards / Walter Simons. Saints and pilgrimages : new and old / André Vauchez. Crusade and conquest / Marcus Bull
The challenges to a Christian society. Repression and power / John H. Arnold. Faith and the intellectuals I / Joseph Ziegler. Faith and the intellectuals II / Michael Stolz
Reform and renewal. Empowerment through reading, writing and example : the Devotio moderna / Koen Goudriaan. Demons and the Christian community / Alain Boureau. Wycliffism and Lollardy / Kantik Ghosh. Observant reform in religious orders / Bert Roest. Public purity and discipline : states and religious renewal / Roberto Rusconi. The Bible in the fifteenth century / Christopher Ocker.