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.

About the author

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

Summary

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. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Paul Fouracre, Fouracre Paul
• Assisted by: C. E. Benes (Editor), Stephen Mossman (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9781784993016
• ISBN: 978-1-78499-301-6
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Artes Liberales
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; 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