Contesting Christendom: readings in medieval religion and culture 9780742575196, 0742575195

Table of contents :
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
Part I: The Extent of Christianization in the Early Middle Ages
Chapter 2 Background to Augustine's Mission to Anglo-Saxon England Rob Meens
Chapter 3 Some Historical Re-identification and the Christianization of Kent lan Wood
Chapter 4 The Barbarian Conversion from Paganism to Christianity Richard Fletcher
Chapter 5 Forgetful of Their Sex: Female Sanctity and Society, ca. 500-1100 Jane Tibbets Schulenburg
Chapter 6 Popular Religion in Late Saxon England: Elf Charms in Context Karen Louise Jolly Chapter 7 The Rise of Western Christendom Peter BrownPart II: The Development of Christendom
Chapter 8 The Knight, the Lady, and the Priest: The Making of Modem Marriage in Medieval France Georges Duby
Chapter 9 Knightly Piety and the Lay Response to the First Crusade Marcus Bull
Chapter 10 Sword, Mitre, and Cloister: Nobility and the Church in Burgundy, 980-1198 Constance Brittain Bouchard
Chapter 11 Under Crescent and Cross: The Jews in the Middle Ages Mark R. Cohen
Chapter 12 Women's Role in Latin Letters From the Fourth to the Early Twelfth Centuries Joan M. Ferrante Part III: The Apostolic LifeChapter 13 Religious Movements in the Middle Ages Herbert Grundmann
Chapter 14 Religious Poverty and the Profit Economy in Medieval Europe Lester K. Little
Chapter 15 Holy Anorexia Rudolf Bell
Chapter 16 Women Mystics and Eucharistic Devotion in the Thirteenth Century Caroline Walker Bynum
Chapter 17 The Devil's World: Heresy and Society, 1100-1300 Andrew P. Roach
Part IV: Popular Religion in the Late Middle Ages
Chapter 18 Religious Life in Germany on the Eve of the Reformation Bernd Moeller Chapter 19 The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, ca. 1400-1580 Eamon DuffyChapter 20 Religion and the Decline of Magic Keith Thomas
Chapter 21 Women in the Late Medieval English Parish Katherine L. French
Chapter 22 The Magnificent Ride: The First Reformation in Hussite Bohemia Thomas A. Fudge
Index
About the Editor
About the Contributors

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