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Corpus Christi: The Eucharist in Late Medieval Culture
Miri Rubin
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Description for Corpus Christi: The Eucharist in Late Medieval Culture
paperback. A paperback edition of Miri Rubin's highly successful study of the meaning of the eucharist, c. 1150-1500. Num Pages: 452 pages, 19 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; HRCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 664.
This book studies later medieval culture [c. 1150–1500] through its central symbol: the eucharist. From the twelfth century onwards the eucharist was designed by the Church as the foremost sacrament. The claim that this ritual brought into presence Christ's own body, and offered it to believers, underpinned the sacramental system and the clerical mediation upon which it depended. The book explores the context in which the sacramental world was created and the cultural processes through which it was disseminated, interpreted and used. With attention to the variety of eucharistic meanings and practices - in procession on the feast of Corpus ... Read more
This book studies later medieval culture [c. 1150–1500] through its central symbol: the eucharist. From the twelfth century onwards the eucharist was designed by the Church as the foremost sacrament. The claim that this ritual brought into presence Christ's own body, and offered it to believers, underpinned the sacramental system and the clerical mediation upon which it depended. The book explores the context in which the sacramental world was created and the cultural processes through which it was disseminated, interpreted and used. With attention to the variety of eucharistic meanings and practices - in procession on the feast of Corpus ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
452
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521438056
SKU
9780521438056
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Reviews for Corpus Christi: The Eucharist in Late Medieval Culture
'Miri Rubin writes with a lithe and subtle forcefulness … a work of originality, learning and imagination.' The Times Literary Supplement 'The avowed aim of Dr Rubin's book is to decode the eucharistic language used by theologians and the rituals of eucharistic worship in the later middle ages … an erudite and lively study.' The Times Higher Education Supplement