| The Laity in the Middle Ages: Religious Beliefs and Devotional Practices Contributor(s): Vauchez, André (Author), Bornstein, Daniel E. (Editor), Schneider, Margery J. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0268012970 ISBN-13: 9780268012977 Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press OUR PRICE: $123.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Leadership - Religion | Christianity - History - Religion | Christian Living - Leadership & Mentoring |
| Dewey: 262.15 |
| LCCN: 92-53746 |
| Series: Professional Services |
| Physical Information: 1.04" H x 6.28" W x 9.31" (1.57 lbs) 370 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In these lively and incisive essays Andr Vauchez explores the religious beliefs and devotional practices of laypeople in medieval Europe and grapples with some of the most difficult issues in medieval history: the nature of popular devotion, the role of religion in civic life, the sociology of religious attitudes and practices, and the relationship between the intersecting spheres of lay and clerical culture. |
Contributor Bio(s): Vauchez, Andre: - Andre Vauchez is the former director of the French School in Rome and member of the Academy of Inscriptions and Letters,, master of studies at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, and professor of medieval history at the University of Rouen (1980-1982) and at the University of Paris X Nanterre (1983-1995). He was awarded the Balzan Prize for Medieval History in 2013. |