Medieval Religion and its Anxieties History and Mystery in the Other Middle Ages /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Fudgé, Thomas A. (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Summary:	XVII, 300 p. 11 illus. in color. text
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Edition:	1st ed. 2016.
Series:	The New Middle Ages,
Subjects:	Europe > History > 476-1492. Literature, Medieval. Literature > Philosophy. Culture > Study and teaching. Literature. European literature. History of Medieval Europe. Medieval Literature. Literary Theory. Cultural Theory. World Literature. European Literature.
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56610-2
Format:	Electronic eBook

Table of Contents:

Introduction: The Feast of the Ass: Medieval Faith, Fun, and Fear
Chapter One Prosecuting Animals as Criminals in Medieval Europe
Chapter Two: Piety, Perversion and Serial Killing: The Strange Case of Gilles de Rais
Chapter Three: Gargoyles and Glimpses of Forgotten Worlds
Chapter Four: To Hell with the Theologians: Doctrines of Damnation in “Last Judgements” in the Medieval Latin West
Chapter Five: Sensuality, Spirituality and Sexuality in the Religious Experience of Female Mystics
Chapter Six: Demonizing Dissenters: Patterns of Propaganda and Persecution
Chapter Seven: The Stripping and the Shaming of Heretics
Chapter Eight: Surviving the Middle Ages: The Extraordinary Pursuit of Salvation
Postscript: The Fickle Hand of Fate. .

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