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Oxford Handbook Of Medieval Christianity
John H. . Ed(S): Arnold
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Description for Oxford Handbook Of Medieval Christianity
Hardback. This Handbook brings together the latest scholarship on the beliefs, practices, and institutions of the Christian Church between 400 and 1500 AD. Editor(s): Arnold, John H. Series: Oxford Handbooks in History. Num Pages: 608 pages, 3 black and white figures/illustrations. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; HBLC1; HRAX; HRCC2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 179 x 248 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1198.
The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Christianity takes as its subject the beliefs, practices, and institutions of the Christian Church between 400 and 1500AD. It addresses topics ranging from early medieval monasticism to late medieval mysticism, from the material wealth of the Church to the spiritual exercises through which certain believers might attempt to improve their souls. Each chapter tells a story, but seeks also to ask how and why 'Christianity' took particular forms at particular moments in history, paying attention to both the spiritual and otherwordly aspects of religion, and the material and political contexts in which they were often ... Read more
The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Christianity takes as its subject the beliefs, practices, and institutions of the Christian Church between 400 and 1500AD. It addresses topics ranging from early medieval monasticism to late medieval mysticism, from the material wealth of the Church to the spiritual exercises through which certain believers might attempt to improve their souls. Each chapter tells a story, but seeks also to ask how and why 'Christianity' took particular forms at particular moments in history, paying attention to both the spiritual and otherwordly aspects of religion, and the material and political contexts in which they were often ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
Series
Oxford Handbooks
Number of Pages
596
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199582136
SKU
V9780199582136
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About John H. . Ed(S): Arnold
John H. Arnold studied at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York, and worked first at UEA and then at Birkbeck, University of London. He became Professor of Medieval History at Birkbeck in 2007. He is author of various books and articles on medieval history, and has published also on modern historiography and the history of gender.
Reviews for Oxford Handbook Of Medieval Christianity
This is an important contribution to the scholarship on Western European Christianity in the middle ages (c. 400- c.1500), offering a nuanced and variegated depiction of medieval Western Christianity... The volume will be of interest to scholars, at various stages: the chapters indicate the present state of scholarship on crucial facets of medieval Christianity; and several offer suggestions for future ... Read more