Miracles, Saints, and Pagan Superstition

Miracles, Saints, and Pagan Superstition
Author: Stephen Currie
Publisher: Lucent Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781590188613

The Lucent Library of Historical Eras gives young readers a window on important eras in world history. Individual titles in every multi-volume set present a historical perspective and a vivid picture of the cultural, political, and social life of the era. The 5-volume Elizabethan England Library, for example, examines the rich literary and cultural life of sixteenth-century England, the age of Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth I. Fully documented primary and secondary source quotations enliven the text, and each set includes well-organized primary source documents valuable for student research and reports. Annotated bibliographies Maps and photographs Informational sidebars Detailed indexes

Miracles, Saints, and Superstition

Miracles, Saints, and Superstition
Author: Stephen Currie
Publisher:
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2007
Genre: Church history
ISBN:

Provides the basic tenents of early Christianity, explains its spread across Europe, and discusses the role of religion, superstition, and science in the daily lives of those who lived in the Middle Ages.

Miracles of the Saints

Miracles of the Saints
Author: Bert Ghezzi
Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1996
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780310207009

Bert Ghezzi introduces readers to the wonderful ways God works through healing and miracles in the lives of those who love him. Each reading focuses on a miracle in the life of a saint and contains biographical information about such saints as Francis of Assisi, Patrick of Ireland, Teresa of Avila, Joan of Arc, Catherine of Siena, and many others. Woodcut illustrations of selected saints enhance the beauty of this book.

Superstition and Magic in Early Modern Europe: A Reader

Superstition and Magic in Early Modern Europe: A Reader
Author: Helen L. Parish
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2014-11-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 1441100326

Superstition and Magic in Early Modern Europe brings together a rich selection of essays which represent the most important historical research on religion, magic and superstition in early modern Europe. Each essay makes a significant contribution to the history of magic and religion in its own right, while together they demonstrate how debates over the topic have evolved over time, providing invaluable intellectual, historical, and socio-political context for readers approaching the subject for the first time. The essays are organised around five key themes and areas of controversy. Part One tackles superstition; Part Two, the tension between miracles and magic; Part Three, ghosts and apparitions; Part Four, witchcraft and witch trials; and Part Five, the gradual disintegration of the 'magical universe' in the face of scientific, religious and practical opposition. Each part is prefaced by an introduction that provides an outline of the historiography and engages with recent scholarship and debate, setting the context for the essays that follow and providing a foundation for further study. This collection is an invaluable toolkit for students of early modern Europe, providing both a focused overview and a springboard for broader thinking about the underlying continuities and discontinuities that make the study of magic and superstition a perennially fascinating topic.

Miracles and Pilgrims

Miracles and Pilgrims
Author: Ronald C. Finucane
Publisher:
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1977
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

In "Miracles and Pilgrims," Ronald C. Finucane analyzes more than 3,000 posthumous accounts of miracles. He pieces together the world of pilgrims, miracles and faith-healing, and demonstrates its hold over the medieval imagination.

The Work of Jacques Le Goff and the Challenges of Medieval History

The Work of Jacques Le Goff and the Challenges of Medieval History
Author: Miri Rubin
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1997
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780851156224

Essays on medieval history inspired by, and engaging with, the work of Jacques Le Goff. The essays in this volume arise from the proceedings of a conference held in 1994 to celebrate the life and work of the eminent French medievalist Jacques Le Goff. Set within thematic sections -popular religion and heresy, the body, royalty andits mystique, intellectuals in medieval society, and others -many of the challenges raised by Le Goff are reassessed and reapproached. There is an explicit historiographical focus in a section on the reception and influence of Le Goff, with particular reference to the Annales school of history with which he is strongly identified; the volume also indicates the problems which animate current research in medieval studies, especially in certain areas of social and cultural history. MIRI RUBIN is Professor of History, Queen Mary, University of London. Contributors: ALEXANDER MURRAY, PETER BILLER, ANDRÉ VAUCHEZ, R.I. MOORE, OTTO GERHARD OEXLE, LESTER K. LITTLE, WALTER SIMONS, ADELINE RUCQUOI, ALAIN BOUREAU, JEAN DUBABIN, WILLIAM CHESTER JORDAN, PETER LINEHAN, MIRI RUBIN, GABOR KLANICZAY, AARON GUREVICH, ROBIN BRIGGS, STUART CLARK

Votive Panels and Popular Piety in Early Modern Italy

Votive Panels and Popular Piety in Early Modern Italy
Author: Fredrika H. Jacobs
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2013-10-07
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1107023041

This book traces the origins and development of the use of votive panel paintings in Italy in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.