Saints and their communities: miracle stories in twelfth-century england
Auteur :
Yarrow, Simon
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199283637
Date de publication :
23 févr. 2006
Dimensions :
22,3 x 14,6 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
458 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This is a study of the common social characteristics and circumstances of those among the lay society of twelfth-century England who tended to seek assistance in the form of miracles at the shrines of saints. It aims to make sense of their religious experience and motivation, re-evaluating the religious clichés of devotion found in conventional medieval narratives.