Europe - Church History, Spirituality - Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church History, Italian History - 476 - 962 C.E. (Post-Imperial & Early Medieval Eras), Italian History - Religious Aspects, Italian History - 962 - 1494 (Medieval & Renaissance Italy)
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"Clearly written and thoroughly researched, this fine study deserves wide reading by medievalists and their students."--Choice In 1399 a wave of popular devotion swept through Italy, and people joined in pious processions lasting nine days. Dubbed "Bianchi" because of their white robes, they listened to sermons, sang hymns, and prayed for "peace and mercy." Bornstein reconstructs this history in unparalleled detail, offering new insight into the character of late medieval Christianity.Editorials
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Bornstein history, Texas A&M U. reconstructs the wave of devotion that led thousands of men, women, and children to leave the city and go on a nine-day procession through the countryside, listening to sermons, singing hymns, observing dietary restrictions, and praying for peace and mercy. He draws on personal accounts of the devoted to illustrate the experience, and on more general sources to set the social and political context. Noting the orthodoxy of the movement, he challenges historians' separation of lay and clerical religion in the Middle Ages. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR booknews.comBook Details
Published
December 7, 1993
Publisher
Ithaca, N.Y. ; Cornell University Press, 1993.
Pages
232
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780801429101