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.
Studies in the Ecclesiastical and Social History of Toulouse in the Age of the Cathars
1st Edition
By John Hine Mundy
January 28, 2006
Studies in the Ecclesiastical and Social History of Toulouse in the Age of the Cathars is John H. Mundy's last major book concerning social and religious life in the city of Toulouse during the period 1150-1250 AD, a time when the alternate religion of Catharism, together with other divergent ...
The Life and After-Life of St John of Beverley: The Evolution of the Cult of an Anglo-Saxon Saint
1st Edition
By Susan E. Wilson
December 28, 2005
This represents the first study devoted to the life and after-life of St John of Beverley. John was bishop of Hexham and then York, after which he retired to his own monastery in Beverley and was buried there in 721. His cult was quickly established and spread to attract pilgrims from all over the ...
Reforming the Church before Modernity: Patterns, Problems and Approaches
1st Edition
Edited
By Louis I. Hamilton, Christopher M. Bellitto
October 07, 2005
Reforming the Church before Modernity considers the question of ecclesial reform from late antiquity to the 17th century, and tackles this complex question from primarily cultural perspectives, rather than the more usual institutional approaches. The common themes are social change, centres and ...
Innocent III and the Crown of Aragon: The Limits of Papal Authority
1st Edition
By Damian J. Smith
December 28, 2004
Drawing on an extensive study of the primary sources, Damian Smith explores the relationship between the Roman Curia and Aragon-Catalonia in the late 12th and early 13th centuries. His focus is the pontificate of Innocent III, the most politically influential medieval Pope, and the reign of King ...
Adrian IV The English Pope (1154–1159): Studies and Texts
1st Edition
By Brenda Bolton, Anne J. Duggan
February 18, 2003
The year 2000 witnessed the 900th anniversary of the birth of Adrian IV, the only Englishman to sit on the papal throne. His short pontificate of four and a half years, distracted by crisis and controversy and followed as it was by an 18-year schism, could be judged a low point in the history of ...
The Council of Bourges, 1225: A Documentary History
1st Edition
By Richard Kay
May 31, 2002
Never before had France had a church council so large: almost 1000 churchmen assembled at Bourges on 29 November 1225 to authorize a tax on their incomes in support of the Second Albigensian Crusade. About one third of the participants were representatives sent by corporate bodies, in accordance ...