<p>In these lively and incisive essays André Vauchez explores the religious beliefs and devotional practices of laypeople in medieval Europe and grapples with some of the most difficult issues in medieval history: the nature of popular devotion, the role of religion in civic life, the sociology of religious attitudes and practices, and the relationship between the intersecting spheres of lay and clerical culture.</p>

Laity in the Middle Ages, The: Religious Beliefs and Devotional Practices

History

André Vauchez

Europe

University of Notre Dame Press

<p>Defining spirituality as 'the dynamic unity between the content of a faith and the way in which it is lived by historically determined human beings', Vauchez steps outside the clerical world usually studied to trace the religious mentality of the laity, the ordinary and often illiterate majority of Christians.</p>

The Spirituality of the Medieval West: From the Eighth to the Twelfth Century (Monastic Studies Series)

Religion & Spirituality

Worship & Devotion

Gorgias Pr Llc

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