The Crucified God in the Carolingian Era: Theol. Chazelle<|

The Crucified God in the Carolingian Era\n\nTheology and Art of Christ's Passion\n\nExamines thinking during the Carolingian 'Renaissance' on the critical issue of Christ's Passion and Crucifixion.\n\nCelia Chazelle (Author)\n\n9780521039451, Cambridge University Press\n\nPaperback / softback, published 16 August 2007\n\n356 pages\n24.6 x 18.9 x 1.9 cm, 0.64 kg\n\n'This is a book in the best tradition of sophisticated theological, intellectual, and iconographical analysis. It should be required reading for all those concerned to explain that most distinctive of medieval constructions: the devotion - both intellectual and affective - to the crucified Christ.' Journal of Religion\n\nThe Carolingian 'Renaissance' of the late eighth and ninth centuries, in what is now France, western Germany and northern Italy, transformed medieval European culture. At the same time it engendered a need to ensure that clergy, monks and laity embraced orthodox Christian doctrine. This book offers a fresh ]