A Short History of Medieval Christianity

ISBN: 9781784532833 出版年：2017 页码：273 G R Evans Bloomsbury Publishing

What did people really believe in the Middle Agesense of the medieval period has come down to us from the writings of the learned: the abbots, priors, magnates, scholastic theologians and others who between them, and across Christendom, controlled the machinery of church and state. For G R Evans too much emphasis hon a governing elite and too little on those - the gresemi-literate and illiterate, and the emergent middle classes - who stood outside the innermost circles of ecclesiastical power, privilege and education. Her book finally gives proper weight to the neglected literature of demotic religion: the lives of saints; writings by those - including lay women - who had mystical experiences; and lively texts containing stories for popular edification. Ranging widely, from the fall ideas of the Reformation, the author addresses vital topics like the appeal of monasticism, tCrusades, tfriars and the acute crisis of heresy. As Evans reveals, medieval Christianity was shaped above all by its promise of salvation or eternal perdition.