Pagan Survivals, Superstitions and Popular Cultures in Early Medieval Pastoral Literature

Pagan Survivals, Superstitions and Popular Cultures in Early Medieval Pastoral Literature
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Publisher : PIMS
Total Pages : 454
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ISBN-10 : 0888441517
ISBN-13 : 9780888441515
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Book Synopsis Pagan Survivals, Superstitions and Popular Cultures in Early Medieval Pastoral Literature by : Bernadette Filotas

Download or read book Pagan Survivals, Superstitions and Popular Cultures in Early Medieval Pastoral Literature written by Bernadette Filotas and published by PIMS. This book was released on 2005 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This comprehensive study examines early medieval popular culture as it appears in ecclesiastical and secular law, sermons, penitentials and other pastoral works - a selective, skewed, but still illuminating record of the beliefs and practices of ordinary Christians. Concentrating on the five centuries from c. 500 to c. 1000, Pagan Survivals, Superstitions and Popular Cultures in Early Medieval Pastoral Literature presents the evidence for folk religious beliefs and piety, attitudes to nature and death, festivals, magic, drinking and alimentary customs. As such it provides a precious glimpse of the mutual adaptation of Christianity and traditional cultures at an important period of cultural and religious transition."--BOOK JACKET


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