Church and Belief in the Middle Ages: Popes, Saints, and Crusaders (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789089647764)

The roles of popes, saints, and crusaders were inextricably intertwined in the Middle Ages: papal administration was fundamental in the making and promulgating of new saints and in financing crusades, while crusaders used saints as propaganda to back up the authority of popes, and even occasionally ended up being sanctified themselves. Yet, current scholarship rarely treats these three components of medieval faith together. This book remedies that by bringing together scholars to consider the links among the three and the ways that understanding them can help us build a more complete picture of the working of the church and Christianity in the Middle Ages.This book brings together scholars to consider the links among the roles of popes, saints, and crusaders and the ways that understanding them can help us build a more complete picture of the working of the church and Christianity in the Middle Ages.

Author: Kirsi Salonen
ISBN-10: 9089647767
ISBN-13: 9789089647764
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 07/25/2016
Pages: 276
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.80d