Author: Ann F. BrodeurPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Indulgences and Solidarity in Late Medieval England
Author: Ann F. BrodeurPromissory Notes on the Treasury of Merits
Author: Robert SwansonPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047410521
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
Promissary Notes on the Treasury of Merits offers an important selection of work on a neglected topic of medieval European religious history. The contributions clearly demonstrate the vibrant, multi-faceted, and at times contested, role which indulgences played in many aspects of medieval catholic life.
Indulgences in Late Medieval England
Author: R. N. SwansonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 052188120X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 517
Book Description
This book presents a history of indulgences (or pardons) in late medieval England.
The Art of Solidarity in the Middle Ages
Author: Gervase RosserPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198201575
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Explores the motives and experiences of the medieval men and women who joined together in guilds, family-like societies that affected most aspects of their members' lives.
Indulgences as a Social Factor in the Middle Ages
Author: Nikolaus PaulusPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Excommunication for Debt in Late Medieval France
Author: Tyler LangePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107145791
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
A re-evaluation of late medieval church courts' role in the enforcement of minor credit through the widespread, frequent excommunication of debtors.
Indulgences As a Social Factor in the Middle Ages
Author: Nikolaus PaulusPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781501030925
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Since the age of Luther and the Protestant Revolt, indulgences have been to non Catholics one of the least understood and most criticized institutions of the Catholic Church. Some of the misconception is undoubtedly due to the fact that the writings of Catholic historians, lay or cleric, too generally ignore the point of view of the intelligent non-Catholic. Some of it, equally without doubt, is due to the failure of non-Catholic secular historians to avail themselves fully even of the means at hand to understand the ecclesiastical viewpoint. In the present essay, which Fr. Ross has put into such straightforward English, Dr. Paulus has not concerned himself with the doctrine of indulgences, and for that reason, perhaps, his book will make a wider appeal to the non-Catholic mind. Frequently the indulgence was merely a permit to commute one form of penance into another, and Dr. Paulus has pointed out the social significance of this fact. Fasting or some other such penance was changed into a contribution of money or service to some useful public undertaking, and Dr. Paulus presents an impressive list of these works due to a commutation of penances, or indulgences. The list includes the construction and maintenance of churches, schools, hospitals, and other charitable institutions; bridges, dams, roads, harbors and fortifications, and the stimulation of such important social movenlents as Crusades and the Truce of God. This latter was the first really effective step taken to end the almost universal petty warfare, pillage, and banditry of the early Middle Ages, and of itself would give importance to this feature of indulgences. In making this contribution to Church history easily accessible in English, Fr. Ross has rendered a service of genuine value.
Indulgences after Luther
Author: Elizabeth C TinglePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317317688
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Indulgences have been synonymous with corruption in the Catholic Church ever since Martin Luther nailed his ninety-five theses to the church door in Wittenberg in 1517. Tingle explores the nature and evolution of indulgences in the Counter Reformation and how they were used as a powerful tool of personal and institutional reform.
Indulgences after Luther
Author: Elizabeth C TinglePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131731767X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Indulgences have been synonymous with corruption in the Catholic Church ever since Martin Luther nailed his ninety-five theses to the church door in Wittenberg in 1517. Tingle explores the nature and evolution of indulgences in the Counter Reformation and how they were used as a powerful tool of personal and institutional reform.
The Penitents' Treasury
Author: Robert W. ShaffernPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The granting of indulgences by the Catholic Church has long been infamous as one of the grounds for Martin Luther's revolt from Christianity in the sixteenth century. Modern scholars have usually characterized the medieval practice as a defective one. In The Penitents' Treasury, historian Robert W. Shaffern debunks this argument through a reexamination of indulgences that shows how their alleged evils have been exaggerated throughout history. This provocative volume, a necessary read for anyone interested in medieval history and the history of religion, calls for much rethinking about the state of the church on the eve of the Reformation.