ISBN10: 1784993018, ISBN13: 9781784993016, [publisher: Manchester University Press 2021-04-13, Manchester] Hardcover Language: ENG
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2021]

Hardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This book investigates how the practice of keeping a light burning in churches was established in the early Middle Ages. It asks what the material consequences of implementing the practice were and why it ceased at the end of the Middle ISBN 1784993018 9781784993016 [GB]

Manchester Univ Pr, Date: 2021. Hardcover. New. 236 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.00 inches. 2021. Manchester Univ Pr ISBN 1784993018 9781784993016 [GB]

ISBN10: 1784993018, ISBN13: 9781784993016, [publisher: Manchester University Press, Manchester] Hardcover Hardcover. This book investigates how the practice of keeping a light burning in churches was established in the early Middle Ages. It asks what the material consequences of implementing the practice were and why it ceased at the end of the Middle Ages. In early Christianity it was established that every church should have a light burning on the altar at all times. In this unique study, Eternal light and earthly concerns, looks at the material and social consequences of maintaining these 'eternal' lights. It investigates how the cost of lighting was met across western Europe throughout the whole of the Middle Ages, revealing the social organisation that was built up around maintaining the lights in the belief that burning them reduced the time spent in Purgatory. When that belief collapsed in the Reformation the eternal lights were summarily extinguished. The history of the lights thus offers not only a new account of change in medieval Europe, but also a sustained examination of the relationship between materiality and belief. This book investigates how the practice of keeping a light burning in churches was established in the early Middle Ages. It asks what the material consequences of implementing the practice were and why it ceased at the end of the Middle Ages. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, ...