The church as sacred space in Middle English literature and culture
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Product Details
Author:
Laura Varnam
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
280
Publisher:
Manchester University Press (September 24, 2019)
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9781526143563
ISBN-10:
1526143569
Weight:
11.52oz
Dimensions:
5.43" x 8.5" x 0.59"
File:
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Folder:
TWO RIVERS
List Price:
$37.95
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
Pub Discount:
65
Series:
Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture
Case Pack:
20
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$29.22
Publisher Identifier:
P-PER
Discount Code:
A
Imprint:
Manchester University Press
Overview
This book presents an exciting new approach to the medieval church by examining the role of literary texts, visual decorations, ritual performance and lived experience in the production of sanctity. The meaning of the church was intensely debated in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The book explores what was at stake not only for the church’s sanctity but for the identity of the parish community as a result. Focusing on pastoral material used to teach the laity, it shows how the church’s status as a sacred space at the heart of the congregation was dangerously – but profitably – dependent on lay practice. The sacred and profane were inextricably linked and, paradoxically, the church is shown to thrive on the sacrilegious challenge of lay misbehaviour and sin.
