R. N. Swanson - The Routledge History of Medieval Christianity: 1050-1500

The Routledge History of Medieval Christianity explores the role of Christianity in European society from the middle of the eleventh century until the dawning of the Reformation. Arranged in five thematic sections and comprising 23 originally commissioned chapters, plus introductory overviews to each part by the editor, this book provides an authoritative survey of a vital element of medieval history.

Comprehensive and cohesive, the volume provides a holistic view of Christianity in medieval Europe, examining not only the Church itself, but also its role in, influence on and tensions with contemporary society. Chapters therefore range from examinations of structures, theology and devotional practices within the Church, to topics such as gender, violence and warfare, the economy, morality, politics, and many more besides, demonstrating the pervasiveness of the medieval Church and highlighting Christianitys importance in the medieval world.

Despite the transition into an increasingly post-Christian age, the historic role of Christianity in the development of Europe remains essential to the understanding of European history particularly in the medieval period. This collection will be essential reading for all students and scholars of medieval history.

R. N. Swanson is Professor of Medieval Ecclesiastical History at the University of Birmingham. He works extensively on British and European Church history from the twelfth to the early sixteenth centuries. His most recent major book is Indulgences in Late Medieval England: Passports to Paradise? (2007).

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10501500

Edited by R. N. Swanson

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The Routledge history of medieval Christianity 10501500 / [edited by]

R.N. Swanson.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Church history Middle Ages, 6001500. I. Swanson, R. N.

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R. N. SWANSON

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PART 1
Structures

BRETT EDWARD WHALEN

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R. N. SWANSON

JAMES D. MIXSON

PART 2
Forming the mindset

IAN CHRISTOPHER LEVY

PETER D. CLARKE

CARY J. NEDERMAN

ANDREW REEVES

PART 3
Catholicism in practice

NICOLAS BELL

DANIEL BORNSTEIN

THOMAS M. IZBICKI

SIMON YARROW

ROBERT W. SHAFFERN

CHISTOPHER TYERMAN

ALIXE BOVEY

ALEXANDRA GAJEWSKI

PART 4
Challenges

JONATHAN ELUKIN

PETER BILLER

CATHERINE RIDER

PART 5
Shaping Catholic society

R. H. HELMHOLZ

A. T. BROWN

KIM M. PHILLIPS

ALEXANDRA BARRATT

Alexandra Barratt is Professor Emeritus at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. She studied at the Universities of Cambridge and Toronto, and has published extensively on Middle English religious texts written for and by women, often in relation to their Latin and French sources. She has edited two texts for the Early English Text Society, and her most recent monograph is Anne Bulkeley and Her Book (2009).

Nicolas Bell is a curator in the music department of the British Library. He is General Secretary of the Henry Bradshaw Society, founded in 1890 to publish editions and facsimiles of rare liturgical texts.

Peter Biller, FBA, is Professor of Medieval History at the University of York. His publications on intellectual and religious history include The Measure of Multitude: Population in Medieval Thought (2000), The Waldenses, 11701530 (2001), and, together with Caterina Bruschi and Shelagh Sneddon, Inquisitors and Heretics in Thirteenth-Century Languedoc: Edition and Translation of Inquisition Depositions, 12731282 (2011).

Daniel Bornstein is Professor of History and Religious Studies at Washington University in St Louis, where he holds the Stella K. Darrow Professorship in Catholic Studies. He is the author of The Bianchi of 1399: Popular Devotion in Late Medieval Italy and a score of articles on lay piety, popular devotional movements, religious confraternities, female sanctity, parish priests, and civic religion. He was president of the American Catholic Historical Association for 2014.

Alixe Bovey is Head of Research at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London. Her publications on the visual culture of the Middle Ages and Renaissance include Jean de Carpentins Book of Hours: The Genius of the Master of the Dresden Prayer Book (2011).

A. T. Brown is the Addison Wheeler Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies at Durham University, having previously held the EHS Postan Fellowship at the Institute of Historical Research. He has published several articles on the economic history of the Church, including Estate management and institutional constraints in pre-industrial England: the ecclesiastical estates of Durham, c. 14001640 in the