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Handsomely produced and lavishly illustrated... the best and most comprehensive account to date of the theology and practice of the sacraments, and their representation in all media, in the later middle ages... This stimulating, learned and lucid book has placed every student of medieval religion and art in her debt. * TLS *
An important contribution to our understanding of the popular practice of religion in late medieval England... in helping us to see and understand what was obscure and neglected, it is a model of serious scholarship. -- C. David Benson * MEDIUM AEVUM *
Makes a major contribution to our understanding of late medieval religion in England. ...The book raises various important questions, in particular...whether the [representations of the sacraments] should be seen as expressions of popular religion or rather as teaching imposed by churchmen on a hesitant or reluctant laiety. * JNL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY *
A book of rare quality in the freshness and many facets of its subject, in its learning, and in its exemplary presentation. * CHURCH HISTORY *
Book Information
ISBN 9780851153421
Author Ann Eljenholm Nichols
Format Hardback
Page Count 496
Imprint The Boydell Press
Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Weight(grams) 1g