Polluting the sacred : violence, faith, and the 'civilizing' of parishioners in late medieval England / by Daniel E. Thiery.

Drawing on spiritual and legal sources, this book provides a novel perspective on how late medieval Christianity problematized parishioners' use of violence and how parishioners tried to reconcile the demands of their faith with cultural norms that honored violent conduct.

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Main Author: Thiery, Daniel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Series:Later medieval Europe ; v. 3.
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