Eternal Light and Earthly Concerns - Belief and the Shaping of Medieval Society

This book investigates how the practice of keeping a light burning in churches was established in the early Middle Ages. It asks what the material consequences of implementing the practice were and why it ceased at the end of the Middle Ages.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Paul Fouracre is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Manchester

Zusammenfassung

This book investigates how the practice of keeping a light burning in churches was established in the early Middle Ages. It asks what the material consequences of implementing the practice were and why it ceased at the end of the Middle Ages. -- .

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Paul Fouracre, Fouracre Paul
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 28.02.2023
• EAN: 9781526167200
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-6720-0
• Seiten: 248
• Serie: Artes Liberales
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Mittelalter; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, RELIGION / History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Religion & beliefs, CE period up to c 1500, History of Religion, Medieval History, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Social and cultural history, Archaeology by period / region, History and Archaeology, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Medieval European archaeology