Church and belief in the Middle Ages : popes, saints, and crusaders / edited by Kirsi Salonen and Sari Katajala-Peltomaa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Salonen, Kirsi, editor.

Katajala-Peltomaa, Sari, editor.

Series:

Crossing boundaries: Turku medieval and early modern studies ; 3.

Crossing boundaries : Turku Medieval and early modern studies ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Church history.

Church history--Middle Ages.

Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500--Sources.

Church history--Middle Ages--Sources.

Physical Description:

276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2016]

Summary:

Hagiography, crusading, and papal administration were inextricably intertwined in the Middle Ages: papal administration was elemental in making new saints and evaluating miracles as well as in financing and promoting crusades; saints were used in crusading propaganda and to back up the authority of popes; occasionally crusaders became saints and their efforts were instrumental in reinforcing church authority. However, in current scholarship these three themes are rarely dealt with together. Church and Belief in the Middle Ages: Popes, Saints, and Crusaders fills this gap by combining these approaches and analyzing particularly large sepectrum of medieval source material: normative, narrative, and administrative. By enabling comparison between different fields that are typically studies separately, this volume offers a 'big picture' without being a generalization; ten in-depth articles and a thorough introduction draw links between different perspectives and themes creating a profound image of the working of the church and the practices of Christianity in the practices of Christianity in the Middle Ages. Book jacket.

Contents:

I Papal Administration

The Cost of Grace: The Composition Fees in the Penitentiary, c. 1450-1500 / Ludwig Schmugge Schmugge, Ludwig 39

Career Prospects of Minor Curialists in the Fifteenth Century: The Case of Petrus Profilt / Jussi Hanska Hanska, Jussi 63

A Criminal Trial at the Court of the Chamber Auditor: An Analysis of a regislrum from 1515-1516 in the Danish National Archives / Per Ingesman Ingesman, Per 85

II Saints and Miracles

The Power of the Saints and the Authority of the Popes: The History of Sainthood and Late Medieval Canonization Processes / Gábor Klaniczay Klaniczay, Gábor 117

Velut Alter Alexius: The Saint Alexis Model in Medieval Hagiography / Paolo Golinelli Golinelli, Paolo 141

Judicium Medicine and Judicium Sanctitatis 153

Medical Doctors in the Canonization Process of Nicholas of Tolentino (1325): Experts Subject to the Inquisitorial Logic / Didier Lett Lett, Didier 153

Heavenly Healing or Failure of Faith?: Partial Cures in Later Medieval Canonization Processes / Jenni Kuuliata Kuuliata, Jenni 171

III Crusades and Conversion

Servi Beatae Marie Virginis: Christians and Pagans in Henry's Chronicle of / Livonia Jüri Kivimäe Kivimäe, Livonia Jüri 201

Holy War - Holy Wrath!: Baltic Wars Between Regulated Warfare and Total Annihilation Around 1200 / Kurt Villads Jensen Jensen, Kurt Villads 227

The Swedish Expeditions ('Crusades') Towards Finland Reconsidered / Jem E. Otesen Otesen, Jem E. 251.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9089647767

9789089647764

OCLC:

938391610