Eternal light and earthly concerns : belief and the shaping of medieval society / Paul Fouracre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fouracre, Paul, author.

Series:

Artes liberales (Manchester, England)

Artes liberales

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Church history.

Light--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Light.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 236 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2021.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This text investigates how the practice of keeping a light burning in churches was established in the early Middle Ages. It asks what the material consequences of implementing the practice were and why it ceased at the end of the Middle Ages.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Beginnings

2. Consolidation of provision : elite practice

3. Light and power : the `Carolingian moment'

4. Lighting, lords and peasants in post-Carolingian Europe

5. Lights and social formation in the central Middle Ages

6. Lights in the later Middle Ages : from devotion to destruction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on February 12, 2026).

ISBN:

9781526167200

1526167204

9781526113993

1526113996

OCLC:

1255846803