Indulgences in Late Medieval England
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 book is the first study of 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. Swan…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-521-88120-3
- EAN: 9780521881203
- Produktnummer: 2975595
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 594 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D3.6 cm 1'001 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 1001
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R. N. Swanson is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Birmingham.
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