Pastoral Care and Community in Late Medieval Germany: Albert of Diessen's Mirror of Priests

by Deeana Copeland Klepper

Pastoral Care and Community in Late Medieval Germany explores how local religious culture was constructed in medieval European Christian society through close study of a set of neglected, late fourteenth-century manuscripts. The Mirror of Priests is a pastoral work written by Albert, an Augustinian canon from the Bavarian market town of Diessen, to guide local priests in their work with parishioners. Multiple versions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501766155
• ISBN13: 9781501766152
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"