Eternal Light and Earthly Concerns

Belief and the Shaping of Medieval Society

Eternal Light and Earthly Concerns
Paul Fouracre
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h216 x 138mm - 248pg
14 Feb 2023 UK
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9781526167200
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In early Christianity it was established that every church should have a light burning on the altar at all times. In this unique study, Eternal light and earthly concerns, looks at the material and social consequences of maintaining these ' eternal' lights. It investigates how the cost of lighting was met across western Europe throughout the whole of the Middle Ages, revealing the social organisation that was built up around maintaining the lights in the belief that burning them reduced the time spent in Purgatory. When that belief collapsed in the Reformation the eternal lights were summarily extinguished. The history of the lights thus offers not only a new account of change in medieval Europe, but also a sustained examination of the relationship between materiality and belief.

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Paul Fouracre is Professor Emeritus of Medieval History at the University of Manchester
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781526167200
Published: 14 Feb 2023
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 216mm
Width: 138mm
Pages: 248

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