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A Short History of Medieval Christianity (Hardcover)
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A Short History of Medieval Christianity (Hardcover)
Series: Short Histories
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What did people really believe in the Middle Ages? Much of our
sense of the medieval period has come down to us from the writings
of the learned: the abbots, priors, magnates, scholastic
theologians and others who between them, and across Christendom,
controlled the machinery of church and state. For G R Evans too
much emphasis has been placed on a governing elite and too little
on those - the great mass of the semi-literate and illiterate, and
the emergent middle classes - who stood outside the innermost
circles of ecclesiastical power, privilege and education. Her book
finally gives proper weight to the neglected literature of demotic
religion: the lives of saints; writings by those - including lay
women - who had mystical experiences; and lively texts containing
stories for popular edification. Ranging widely, from the fall of
Rome to the ideas of the Reformation, the author addresses vital
topics like the appeal of monasticism, the lure of the Crusades,
the rise of the friars and the acute crisis of heresy. As Evans
reveals, medieval Christianity was shaped above all by its promise
of salvation or eternal perdition.
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