Violence and Miracle in the Fourteenth Century - Private Grief and Public Salvation

As war and pestilence and famine spread through Europe in the Middle Ages, so did reports of miracles, of hopeless victims wondrously saved from disaster. These 'rescue miracles, ' as recorded by over one hundred fourteenth-century cults, are the basis of Michael Goodich's study, which shows how much about everyday medieval life the miraculous can reveal.

Summary

As war, pestilence and famine spread through Europe in the Middle Ages, so did reports of victims wondrously saved from disaster. These "rescue miracles", recorded by over 100 14th-century cults, are the basis of this account of the miraculous in everyday medieval life.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Goodich, Michael E. Goodich, Michael E. Goodrich
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.1995
• EAN: 9780226302959
• ISBN: 978-0-226-30295-9
• No. of pages: 227
• Dimensions: 14 mm x 22 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 312 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Europe, European History, RELIGION / Spirituality, HISTORY / World, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, General & world history, CE period up to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, General and world history, Christian spirituality & religious experience, Spirituality and religious experience, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval