The Laity in the Middle Ages - 9780268012977

The Laity in the Middle AgesReligious Beliefs and Devotional Practices\nAuthor(s): Andr Vauchez, Daniel E. Bornstein, Margery J. Schneider\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Notre Dame Press, United States\nImprint: University of Notre Dame Press\nISBN-13: 9780268012977, 978-0268012977\nSynopsis\nIn these lively and incisive essays Andr 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.