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Author:   Robert Swanson
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   5
Dimensions:   Width: 17.30cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.799kg
ISBN:  

9789004152878

ISBN 10:   9004152873
Pages:   364
Publication Date:   12 September 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface List of Contributors 1. Introduction 2. The Medieval Theology of Indulgences, Robert W. Shaffern 3. Confraternities and Indulgences in Italy in the Later Middle Ages, Giovanna Casagrande 4. Indulgences in the Low Countries, c. 1300-c. 1520, Charles M. A. Caspers 5. The Reception and Criticism of Indulgences in the Late Medieval Czech Lands, Eva Dolezalova, Jan Hrdina, Frantisek Smahel, and Zdenek Uhlir 6. Espana es diferente ? Indulgences and the Spiritual Economy in Late Medieval Spain, John Edwards 7. The Construction of Chaucer's Pardoner, Alastair Minnis 8. Dangerous Fictions: Indulgences in the Thought of Wyclif and his Followers, Anne Hudson 9. Praying for Pardon: Devotional Indulgences in Late Medieval England, Robert N. Swanson 10. Pardons and Pilgrims, Diana Webb 11. Indulgences for Crusading, 1417-1517, Norman Housley 12: The Indulgence as a Media Event: Developments in Communication through Broadsides in the Fifteenth Century, Falk Eisermann 13: Luther's Ninety-five Theses and the Contemporary Criticism of Indulgences, David Bagchi Appendix Index

Reviews

'...is an impressive synthesis of modern scholarship on the religious culture of Merovingian Gaul...an invaluable resource for early medievalists.' Paul Fouracre, Ecclesiastical History, 1997. ...il faut souligner la qualite de cet essai. Michele Gaillard, Revue Mabillon, 1998. '...such an interesting and useful piece of work...' William Klingshirn, The Medieval Review, 1999.

Author Information

Robert Swanson is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Birmingham, UK. He has published extensively on medieval ecclesiastical and religious history, including Church and Society in Late Medieval England, and Religion and Devotion in Europe, c.1215-c.1515 (Cambridge, 1995).

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