Imagining the Parish in Late Medieval England

by Ellen K. Rentz

Collective worship and the ritual life of the local parish mattered deeply to late medieval laypeople, and both loom large in contemporary visual and vernacular culture. The parish offered an important framework for Christians as they negotiated the relationship between individual, community, and God. And as a place where past, present, and future came together, the parish promised an ongoing relationship between the living and the dead, positioning...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814212751
• ISBN13: 9780814212752
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"