Medieval Religion New Approaches [Paperback]

Constance Hoffman Berman presents an indispensable collection of the most influential and revisionist work to be done on religion in the Middle Ages in the last two decades.

Bringing together an authoritative list of scholars from around the world, this book is a comprehensive compilation of the most important work in this field. Medieval Religion provides a valuable service for all those who study the Middle Ages, church history or religion.

Introduction Part 1: Religious Speculation and Social Thought  1. Jesus as Mother and Abbot as Mother Caroline Walker Bynum  2. Crusading as an Act of Love Jonathan Riley-Smith  3. The Orders of Society Giles Constable  Part2: Reform and Growth in the Clerical Hierarchy  4. Canossa and the Ungendering of the Public Man Jo Ann McNamara  5. The Priest's Wife Dyan Elliott  6. Secular Clergy and Religious Life in Verona Maureen C. Miller  7. The Cardinals' View of the Papacy Norman Zacour Part 3:Women and the practice of asceticism and contemplation8. Were there Twelfth-Century Cistercian Nuns? Constance Berman  9. Mary Magdalen and the Contemplative Life Katherine Ludwig Jansen  10. Hearing is Believing: Clarissan architecture in Italy Caroline A. Bruzelius  11. 'Men's Duty to Provide for Women's Needs:' Abelard, Heloise, and their negotiation of the cura monialium Fiona J. Griffiths  Part 4: Increasing Violence and Exclusion  12. Creation of a Christian Armory against Islam Dominique Iogna-Prat  13. Bodies in the Jewish-Christian Debate