Begging Pardon and Favor: Catholic Revival, Society and Politics in 19th-Century Europe

by Geoffrey Koziol

In reconstructing and interpreting rituals of supplication, Geoffrey Koziol here uncovers the dense meanings of these most commonplace of all early medieval rituals. The author casts a wide net, comparing these rituals in several regions of northern and western France to illuminate the complex changes in social relations and political power in the tenth and eleventh centuries.

In medieval cultures, "supplication" was simply the act of prayer,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801423694
• ISBN13: 9780801423697
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher