Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West: Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West
About the Book Series
The series Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West reflects the central concerns necessary for any in-depth study of the medieval Church - greater cultural awareness and interdisciplinarity. Including both monographs and edited collections, this series draws on the most innovative work from established and younger scholars alike, offering a balance of interests, vertically through the period from c.400 to c.1500 or horizontally across Latin Christendom. Topics covered range from cultural history, the monastic life, relations between Church and State to law and ritual, palaeography and textual transmission. All authors, from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds, share a commitment to innovation, analysis and historical accuracy.
John of Rupescissa´s VADE MECUM IN TRIBULACIONE (1356): A Late Medieval Eschatological Manual for the Forthcoming Thirteen Years of Horror and Hardship
1st Edition
By Matthias Kaup
June 30, 2020
The VADE MECUM IN TRIBULACIONE was meant as an eschatological manual for the thirteen catastrophic years between its composition in December 1356 and the Thousand-Year Reign of Christ expected to begin in 1370. This manual, permeated by passion for clerical reform, was intended to give ...
Liturgy and Society in Early Medieval Rome
1st Edition
By John F. Romano
June 30, 2020
The liturgy, the public worship of the Catholic Church, was a crucial factor in forging the society of early medieval Rome. As the Roman Empire dissolved, a new world emerged as Christian bishops stepped into the power vacuum left by the dismantling of the Empire. Among these potentates, none was ...
Motherhood, Religion, and Society in Medieval Europe, 400-1400: Essays Presented to Henrietta Leyser
1st Edition
Edited
By Lesley Smith, Conrad Leyser
June 30, 2020
Who can concentrate on thoughts of Scripture or philosophy and be able to endure babies crying ... ? Will he put up with the constant muddle and squalor which small children bring into the home? The wealthy can do so ... but philosophers lead a very different life ... So, according to Peter Abelard...
Papal Justice in the Late Middle Ages: The Sacra Romana Rota
1st Edition
By Kirsi Salonen
June 30, 2020
This is a study of the history and function of the highest ecclesiastical tribunal, the Sacra Romana Rota, from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries. Despite its importance for Christendom and in contrast with other important papal offices, the activity of the Rota has never been thoroughly ...
Pope Alexander III (1159–81): The Art of Survival
1st Edition
Edited
By Anne J. Duggan, Peter D. Clarke
June 30, 2020
Alexander III was one of the most important popes of the Middle Ages and his papacy (1159-81) marked a significant watershed in the history of the Western Church and society. This book provides a long overdue reassessment of his papacy and his achievements, bringing together thirteen essays which ...
Saving the Souls of Medieval London: Perpetual Chantries at St Paul's Cathedral, c.1200-1548
1st Edition
By Marie-Hélène Rousseau
June 30, 2020
St Paul's Cathedral stood at the centre of religious life in medieval London. It was the mother church of the diocese, a principal landowner in the capital and surrounding countryside, and a theatre for the enactment of events of national importance. The cathedral was also a powerhouse of ...
Godfrey of Viterbo and his Readers: Imperial Tradition and Universal History in Late Medieval Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Thomas Foerster
December 12, 2019
This collection provides a systematic survey of the wide readership the works of Godfrey of Viterbo enjoyed in the late Middle Ages. In the last years of the twelfth century this chronicler and imperial notary wrote a series of historical collections that gained considerable and lasting popularity:...
Pope Innocent II (1130-43): The World vs the City
1st Edition
Edited
By John Doran, Damian J. Smith
December 12, 2019
The pontificate of Innocent II (1130-1143) has long been recognized as a watershed in the history of the papacy, marking the transition from the age of reform to the so-called papal monarchy, when an earlier generation of idealistic reformers gave way to hard-headed pragmatists intent on securing ...
Poverty and Devotion in Mendicant Cultures 1200-1450
1st Edition
Edited
By Constant J Mews, Anna Welch
December 12, 2019
Ever since the time of Francis of Assisi, a commitment to voluntary poverty has been a controversial aspect of religious life. This volume explores the interaction between poverty and religious devotion in the mendicant orders between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries. While poverty has often ...
The Church at War: The Military Activities of Bishops, Abbots and Other Clergy in England, c. 900-1200
1st Edition
By Daniel Gerrard
December 12, 2019
The fighting bishop or abbot is a familiar figure to medievalists and much of what is known of the military organization of England in this period is based on ecclesiastical evidence. Unfortunately the fighting cleric has generally been regarded as merely a baron in clerical dress and has ...
The Chrodegang Rules: The Rules for the Common Life of the Secular Clergy from the Eighth and Ninth Centuries. Critical Texts with Translations and Commentary
1st Edition
By Jerome Bertram
October 12, 2017
Since its earliest days, the Christian Church sought to draw up rules by which its members could live together in religious communities. Whilst those of Augustine (c.400 AD) and Benedict (c.530 AD) provided detailed guidance for monastic life, it took another two centuries for equivalent rules for ...
Readers, Texts and Compilers in the Earlier Middle Ages: Studies in Medieval Canon Law in Honour of Linda Fowler-Magerl
1st Edition
By Martin Brett, Kathleen G. Cushing
March 06, 2017
Reflecting the focus but also range of their honorand's work in medieval canon law in the era before Gratian, the essays in this volume explore the creation and transmission of canonical texts and the motives of their compilers but also address the issues of how the law was interpreted and used by ...