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Indulgences in Late Medieval England

Passports to Paradise?

by R. N. Swanson

  • Paperback
  • 594 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 3.1 cm

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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 2007 book examines 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 Indulgences in Late Medieval England
Indulgences in Late Medieval EnglandIndulgences in Late Medieval England

  • Author

    R. N. Swanson

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    June 2011

  • Weight

    786g

  • Page Count

    594

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 3.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521293921

  • ISBN-10

    0521293928

  • Eden Code

    3979116

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