Saints and Society
Subtitle: The Two Worlds of Western Christendom, 1000-1700
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Published: June 15, 1986
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9780226890562
Subjects: Christianity; History of religion; c 1000 CE to c 1500; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; Religion - Theology; Religion; Theology; Religion / Theology; Christian saints; Cult; Europe
First sentence: Saints' vitae nearly always include some reference to the familial and societal contexts in which people found themselves at the point of their conversion to unusual holiness.