Laity in the Middle Ages: Religious Beliefs and Devotional Practices

by André Vauchez

Book Overview

In these lively and incisive essays Andr Vauchez explores the religious beliefs and devotional practices of laypeople in medieval Europe and grapples with some of the most difficult issues in medieval history: the nature of popular devotion, the role of religion in civic life, the sociology of religious attitudes and practices, and the relationship between the intersecting spheres of lay and clerical culture.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268013098
• ISBN13: 9780268013097
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"