{"product_id":"eternal-light-and-earthly-concerns-paul-fouracre-9781784993016","title":"Eternal Light and Earthly Concerns: Belief and the Shaping of Medieval Society","description":"In early Christianity it was established that every church should have a light burning on the altar at all times. In this unique study, Eternal light and earthly concerns, looks at the material and social consequences of maintaining these 'eternal' lights. It investigates how the cost of lighting was met across western Europe throughout the whole of the Middle Ages, revealing the social organisation that was built up around maintaining the lights in the belief that burning them reduced the time spent in Purgatory. When that belief collapsed in the Reformation the eternal lights were summarily extinguished. The history of the lights thus offers not only a new account of change in medieval Europe, but also a sustained examination of the relationship between materiality and belief.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Fouracre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1784993018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781784993016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/13\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d","brand":"Paul Fouracre","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44042520232191,"sku":"9781784993016","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5fb0d200-62e7-4521-aaae-08ae659eebe5.jpg?v=1684962011","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/eternal-light-and-earthly-concerns-paul-fouracre-9781784993016","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}