History and the Supernatural in Medieval England

by Carl Watkins

This is a fascinating study of religious culture in England from 1050 to 1250. Drawing on the wealth of material about religious belief and practice that survives in the chronicles, Carl Watkins explores the accounts of signs, prophecies, astrology, magic, beliefs about death, and the miraculous and demonic. He challenges some of the prevailing assumptions about religious belief, questioning in particular the attachment of many historians to terms...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521802555
• ISBN13: 9780521802550
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"