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12%OFFLarissa Juliet Taylor - Soldiers of Christ: Preaching in Late Medieval and Reformation France - 9780802085573 - V9780802085573
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Soldiers of Christ: Preaching in Late Medieval and Reformation France

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Description for Soldiers of Christ: Preaching in Late Medieval and Reformation France paperback. Larissa Taylor has examined over 1600 sermons given by the leading lay preachers in France between 1460 and 1560, and examines the social context of preaching and the sermon while reconstructing popular attitudes towards original sin, free will, purgatory, the Devil, the sacraments, and the magical arts. Series: Rsart: Renaissance Society of America Reprint Text Series. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 272 x 28. Weight in Grams: 548.

In an age when the printed book was still in its infancy, the pulpit was the mass medium. A vital part of religious life, sermons were the chief occasions on which the church attempted to bridge the gap between high theology and popular religious culture. The preaching event provided the opportunity for men and women to socialize, flirt, dispute with or mock the preacher and, in a more positive way, to heed the preacher's words and change their lives. Larissa Taylor has examined over 1600 sermons given by the leading lay preachers in France between 1460 and 1560, and examines ... Read more

Previously published by Oxford University Press, 1992. Winner of the 1996 John Nicholas Brown Prize of the Medieval Academy of America.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Series
Rsart: Renaissance Society of America Reprint Text Series
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9780802085573
SKU
V9780802085573
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About Larissa Juliet Taylor
Larissa Juliet Taylor is an associate professor of history at Colby College.

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