num_pages: 545
description: Medieval Popular Religion, 1000-1500: A Reader , second edition, brings together a unique collection of 82 sources that casts light on the beliefs and practices of ordinary Christians in the Middle Ages whose religious lives have often been overlooked by historians and theologians. Documents new to this edition include a new translation of the English peasant Thurkill's thirteenth-century vision of hell, a substantial excerpt from the twelfth-century Play of Adam , two pilgrims' travelogues to Jerusalem, and a complete translation of a thirteenth-century handbook for administering confessions.
language: English
title: Medieval Popular Religion, 1000-1500: A Reader
titlecomplete: Medieval Popular Religion, 1000-1500: A Reader
genres: Medieval, History, Religion, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 43
series: Readings in Medieval Civilizations and Cultures
publisher: University of Toronto Press, Higher Education Division