Indulgences played a major role in medieval 'strategies for
eternity', easing the journey through Purgatory to Heaven after
death. However, theological attacks during the Reformation and the
subsequent Protestant rejection of indulgences have given them a
poor reputation, compounding the effect of the fourteenth-century
satires by Chaucer and Langland of the pardoners who ensured their
widespread distribution. This 2007 book examines indulgences in
late medieval England and it offers an extensive and authoritative
re-evaluation of their role in England's religious, social and
economic life between 1300 and the Reformation. R. N. Swanson
traces their importance to devotional life, their contribution to
charitable and economic structures and the complex tale of their
disappearance under Henry VIII. This is a major contribution to the
religious history of late medieval England and will be essential
reading for scholars of medieval history, religious studies and the
Reformation.
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