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The concept of Purgatory was a central tenet of late-medieval and
early-modern Catholicism, and proved a key dividing line between
Catholics and Protestants. However, as this book makes clear, ideas
about purgatory were often ill-defined and fluid, and altered over
time in response to particular needs or pressures. Drawing upon
printed pamphlets, tracts, advice manuals, diocesan statutes and
other literary material, the study traces the evolution of writing
and teaching about Purgatory and the fate of the soul between 1480
and 1720. By examining the subject across this extended period it
is argued that belief in Purgatory continued to be important,
although its role in the scheme of salvation changed over time, and
was not a simply a story of inevitable decline. Grounded in a case
study of the southern and western regions of the ancien regime
province of Brittany, the book charts the nature and evolution of
'private' intercessory institutions, chantries, obits and private
chapel foundation, and 'public' forms, parish provision,
confraternities, indulgences and veneration of saints. In so doing
it underlines how the huge popularity of post-mortem intercession
underwent a serious and rapid decline between the 1550s and late
1580s, only to witness a tremendous resurgence in popularity after
1600, with traditional practices far outstripping the levels of
usage of the early sixteenth century. Offering a fascinating
insight into popular devotional practices, the book opens new
vistas onto the impact of Catholic revival and Counter Reform on
beliefs about the fate of the soul after death.
In recent years, the rituals and beliefs associated with the end of
life and the commemoration of the dead have increasingly been
identified as of critical importance in understanding the social
and cultural impact of the Reformation. The associated processes of
dying, death and burial inevitably generated heightened emotion and
a strong concern for religious propriety: the ways in which
funerary customs were accepted, rejected, modified and contested
can therefore grant us a powerful insight into the religious and
social mindset of individuals, communities, Churches and even
nation states in the post-reformation period. This collection
provides an historiographical overview of recent work on dying,
death and burial in Reformation and Counter-Reformation Europe and
draws together ten essays from historians, literary scholars,
musicologists and others working at the cutting edge of research in
this area. As well as an interdisciplinary perspective, it also
offers a broad geographical and confessional context, ranging
across Catholic and Protestant Europe, from Scotland, England and
the Holy Roman Empire to France, Spain and Ireland. The essays
update and augment the body of literature on dying, death and
disposal with recent case studies, pointing to future directions in
the field. The volume is organised so that its contents move
dynamically across the rites of passage, from dying to death,
burial and the afterlife. The importance of spiritual care and
preparation of the dying is one theme that emerges from this work,
extending our knowledge of Catholic ars moriendi into Protestant
Britain. Mourning and commemoration; the fate of the soul and its
post-mortem management; the political uses of the dead and their
resting places, emerge as further prominent themes in this new
research. Providing contrasts and comparisons across different
European regions and across Catholic and Protestant regions, the
collection contributes to and extends the existing literature on
this important historiographical theme.
Indulgences have been synonymous with corruption in the Catholic
Church ever since Martin Luther nailed his ninety-five theses to
the church door in Wittenberg in 1517. Tingle explores the nature
and evolution of indulgences in the Counter Reformation and how
they were used as a powerful tool of personal and institutional
reform.
The concept of Purgatory was a central tenet of late-medieval and
early-modern Catholicism, and proved a key dividing line between
Catholics and Protestants. However, as this book makes clear, ideas
about purgatory were often ill-defined and fluid, and altered over
time in response to particular needs or pressures. Drawing upon
printed pamphlets, tracts, advice manuals, diocesan statutes and
other literary material, the study traces the evolution of writing
and teaching about Purgatory and the fate of the soul between 1480
and 1720. By examining the subject across this extended period it
is argued that belief in Purgatory continued to be important,
although its role in the scheme of salvation changed over time, and
was not a simply a story of inevitable decline. Grounded in a case
study of the southern and western regions of the ancien regime
province of Brittany, the book charts the nature and evolution of
'private' intercessory institutions, chantries, obits and private
chapel foundation, and 'public' forms, parish provision,
confraternities, indulgences and veneration of saints. In so doing
it underlines how the huge popularity of post-mortem intercession
underwent a serious and rapid decline between the 1550s and late
1580s, only to witness a tremendous resurgence in popularity after
1600, with traditional practices far outstripping the levels of
usage of the early sixteenth century. Offering a fascinating
insight into popular devotional practices, the book opens new
vistas onto the impact of Catholic revival and Counter Reform on
beliefs about the fate of the soul after death.
Indulgences have been synonymous with corruption in the Catholic
Church ever since Martin Luther nailed his ninety-five theses to
the church door in Wittenberg in 1517. Tingle explores the nature
and evolution of indulgences in the Counter Reformation and how
they were used as a powerful tool of personal and institutional
reform.
Sacred Journeys in the Counter-Reformation examines long-distance
pilgrimages to ancient, international shrines in northwestern
Europe in the two centuries after Luther. In this region in the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, saints' cults and pilgrimage
were frequently contested, more so than in the Mediterranean world.
France, the Low Countries and the British Isles were places of
disputation and hostility between Protestant and Catholic; sacred
landscapes and journeys came under attack and in some regions, were
outlawed by the state. Taking as case studies hugely popular
medieval shrines such as Compostela, the Mont Saint-Michel and
Lough Derg, the impact of Protestant criticism and Catholic revival
on shrines, pilgrims' motives and experiences is examined through
life writings, devotional works and institutional records. The
central focus is that of agency in religious change: what drove
spiritual reform and what were its consequences for the 'ordinary'
Catholic? This is explored through concepts of the religious self,
holy materiality, and sacred space.
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