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.

Info autore

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

Riassunto

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. -- .

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Paul Fouracre, Fouracre Paul
• Con la collaborazione di: C. E. Benes (Editore), Stephen Mossman (Editore)
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9781784993016
• ISBN: 978-1-78499-301-6
• Pagine: 248
• Serie: Artes Liberales
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; 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