Contextualizing Miracles in the Christian West, 1100-1500: New Historical Approaches

Contextualizing Miracles in the Christian West, 1100-1500: New Historical Approaches
ISBN-10
0907570321
ISBN-13
9780907570325
Category
History
Pages
231
Language
English
Published
2014-12-01
Publisher
Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature
Authors
Matthew M. Mesley, Louise E. Wilson

Description

This volume brings together innovative research on miracles in the Christian West 1100-1500, and includes chapters on Anglo-Norman saints’ cults, late medieval Portugal and the legacy of medieval hagiography in the immediate Post-Reformation period. Contributors investigate miracle narratives in conjunction with broader socio-cultural ideals, practices and developments in medieval society. They also reassess the legacy of Peter Brown, challenge established dichotomies such as ‘medicine and religion’, and examine relics, lay beliefs and the liturgical evidence of a saint’s cult, moving beyond the traditional focus on canonization. Medical history features prominently alongside other approaches; these clarify the contexts of our sources, and demonstrate the methodological vibrancy in this field.

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