Companion to the Eucharist in the Middle Ages

"The Eucharist in the European Middle Ages was a multimedia event. First and foremost it was a drama, a pageant, a liturgy. The setting itself was impressive. Stunning artwork adorned massive buildings. Underlying and supporting the liturgy, the art and the architecture was a carefully constructed theological world of thought and belief. Popular beliefs, spilling over into the magical, celebrated that presence in several tumultuous forms. Church law regulated how far such practice might go as well as who was allowed to perform the liturgy and how and when it might be performed. This volume presents the medieval Eucharist in all its glory combining introductory essays on the liturgy, art, theology, architecture, devotion and theology."--Provided by publisher.

Year

2012

Language

English

Series

Brill's companions to the Christian tradition -- v. 26

Publisher

Brill

Editions

2

Pages

640

ISBN

9789004201415

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