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Indulgences in Late Medieval England

Passports to Paradise

by R. N. Swanson

  • Hardback
  • 594 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 16.1 x 22.7 x 4.2 cm

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For scholars of medieval history and religious studies

Explains the misunderstood role of indulgences in faith

You will gain insights into England's religious changes

This book offers a comprehensive study of indulgences in late medieval England.

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Indulgences played a major role in medieval 'strategies for eternity', easing the journey through Purgatory to Heaven after death. However, theological attacks during the Reformation and the subsequent Protestant rejection of indulgences have given them a poor reputation, compounding the effect of the fourteenth-century satires by Chaucer and Langland of the pardoners who ensured their widespread distribution. This book is the first study of indulgences in late medieval England and it offers an extensive and authoritative re-evaluation of their role in England's religious, social, and economic life between 1300 and the Reformation. R. N. Swanson traces their importance to devotional life, their contribution to charitable and economic structures and the complex tale of their disappearance under Henry VIII. This is a major contribution to the religious history of late medieval England and will be essential reading for scholars of medieval history, religious studies and the Reformation.
Indulgences in Late Medieval England and Catholic England: Faith, Religion and Observance Before the Reformation
Catholic England: Faith, Religion and Observance Before the ReformationIndulgences in Late Medieval England

  • Author

    R. N. Swanson

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    December 2007

  • Weight

    958g

  • Page Count

    594

  • Dimensions

    16.1 x 22.7 x 4.2 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521881203

  • ISBN-10

    052188120X

  • Eden Code

    1229592

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