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Violence and Miracle in the Fourteenth Century
Michael E. Goodich
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Paperback. As war, pestilence and famine spread through Europe in the Middle Ages, so did reports of victims wondrously saved from disaster. These "rescue miracles", recorded by over 100 14th-century cults, are the basis of this account of the miraculous in everyday medieval life. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBG; HBJD; HBLC; HRCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 292.
As war, pestilence and famine spread through Europe in the Middle Ages, so did reports of miracles, of hopeless victims wondrously saved from disaster. These "rescue miracles", recorded by over 10 14th-century cults, are the basis of Michael Goodich's account of the miraculous in everyday medieval life. Rescue miracles offer a wide range of voices rarely heard in medieval history, from women and children to peasants and urban artisans. They tell of salvation not just from the ravages of nature and war, but from the vagaries of a violent society - crime, unfair judicial practices, domestic squabbles and communal or ... Read more
As war, pestilence and famine spread through Europe in the Middle Ages, so did reports of miracles, of hopeless victims wondrously saved from disaster. These "rescue miracles", recorded by over 10 14th-century cults, are the basis of Michael Goodich's account of the miraculous in everyday medieval life. Rescue miracles offer a wide range of voices rarely heard in medieval history, from women and children to peasants and urban artisans. They tell of salvation not just from the ravages of nature and war, but from the vagaries of a violent society - crime, unfair judicial practices, domestic squabbles and communal or ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
227
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226302959
SKU
V9780226302959
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