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A definitive and authoritative survey of the Western church from 1050 to the early Reformation, featuring entirely original content carefully assembled and expertly written to appeal to undergraduates and scholars working on the medieval European world.

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A 2007 history of indulgences (or pardons) in late medieval England.

Indulgences played a major role in medieval 'strategies for eternity', easing the journey through Purgatory to Heaven after death. However, theological attacks during the Reformation and the subsequent Protestant rejection of indulgences have given them a poor reputation, compounding the effect of the fourteenth-century satires by Chaucer and Langland of the pardoners who ensured their widespread distribution. This book is the first study of i...

A definitive and authoritative survey of the Western church from 1050 to the early Reformation, featuring entirely originalcontent carefully assembled and expertly written to appeal to undergraduates and scholars working on the medieval European world.

This volume surveys the wide range of cultural and intellectual changes in western Europe in the period 1050-1250. "The Twelfth-Century Renaissance" first establishes the broader context for the changes and introduces the debate on the validity of the term "Renaissance" as a label for the period. Summarizing current scholarship, without imposing a particular interpretation of the issues, the book provides an accessible introduction to a vibran...

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