The Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 4, Christianity in Western Europe, c.1100-c.1500 (v. 4)

Frontmatter......Page 2
Introduction......Page 21
1. Clerical purity and the re-ordered world......Page 31
2. The bishops of Rome, 1100–1300......Page 42
3. Religious poverty and the search for perfection......Page 59
4. Monastic and religious orders, c. 1100–c. 1350......Page 74
5. The theological framework......Page 95
6. The legal underpinnings......Page 109
7. Material support I - parishes......Page 119
8. Material support II - religious orders......Page 127
9. The Word and its diffusion......Page 134
10. Christians and Jews......Page 155
11. Christendom and Islam......Page 169
12. Christians and heretics......Page 190
13. Women and men......Page 207
14. Heaven, hell and purgatory - 1100–1500......Page 220
15. Sacramental life......Page 239
16. Religious soundscapes - liturgy and music......Page 258
17. Images and their uses......Page 274
18. Mary......Page 303
19. Mysticism and transcendence......Page 317
20. On the margins of religious life - hermits and recluses, penitents and tertiaries, beguines and beghards......Page 331
21. Saints and pilgrimages - new and old......Page 344
22. Crusade and conquest......Page 360
23. Repression and power......Page 375
24. Faith and the intellectuals I......Page 392
25. Faith and the intellectuals II......Page 414
26. Empowerment through reading, writing and example - the Devotio moderna......Page 427
27. Demons and the Christian community......Page 440
28. Wycliffism and Lollardy......Page 453
29. Observant reform in religious orders......Page 466
30. Public purity and discipline - states and religious renewal......Page 478
31. The Bible in the fifteenth century......Page 492
Select bibliography......Page 514
Index......Page 577