The Spirituality of the Medieval West : From the Eighth to the Twelfth Century / André Vauchez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vauchez, André, author.

Contributor:

Friedlander, Colette.

Series:

Monastic studies series ; 34.

Monastic Studies Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spiritual life--Christianity--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Spiritual life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 pages).

Place of Publication:

Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2010]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Defining spirituality as 'the dynamic unity between the content of a faith and the way in which it is lived by historically determined human beings', Vauchez steps outside the clerical world usually studied to trace the religious mentality of the laity, the ordinary and often illiterate majority of Christians.

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

I. THE GENESIS OF MEDIEVAL SPIRITUALITY

II THE MONASTIC AND FEUDAL AGE

III THE RELIGION OF A NEW ERA

IV MEDIEVAL MAN IN SEARCH OF GOD

V REFLECTIONS

TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9781463218423

1463218427

OCLC:

1110707664