Church and Belief in the Middle Ages

This book brings together scholars to consider the links among the roles of popes, saints, and crusaders and the ways that understanding them can help us build a more complete picture of the working of the church and Christianity in the Middle Ages.

Auteur

Kirsi Salonen is professor of medieval and early modern history inthe School of History, Culture and Arts Studies at the University of Turku. Sari Katajala-Peltomaais a research fellow at the University of Tampere.

Contenu

PrefaceSari Katajala-Peltomaa and Kirsi SalonenIn the Name of Saints Peter and Paul: Popes, Conversion, and Sainthood in Western ChristianitySari Katajala-Peltomaa, Kirsi Salonen, and Kurt Villads JensenI. Papal AdministrationThe Cost of Grace: The Composition Fees in the Penitentiary, c. 1450-1500 Ludwig SchmuggeCareer Prospects of Minor Curialists in the Fifteenth Century: The Case of Petrus ProfiltJussi HanskaA Criminal Trial at the Court of the Chamber Auditor: An Analysis of a registrum from 1515-1516 in the Danish National ArchivesPer IngesmanII. Saints and MiraclesThe Power of the Saints and the Authority of the Popes: The History of Sainthood and Late Medieval Canonization Processes Gábor KlaniczayVelut Alter Alexius: The Saint Alexis Model in Medieval Hagiography Paolo GolinelliJudicium Medicine and Judicium Sanctitatis - Medical Doctors in the Canonization Process of Nicolas of Tolentino (1325): Experts Subject to the Inquisitorial Logic Didier LettHeavenly Healing or Failure of Faith? Partial Cures in Later Medieval Canonization Processes Jenni KuulialaIII. Crusades and ConversionServi Beatae Marie Virginis: Christians and Pagans in Henry's Chronicle of LivoniaJüri KivimäeHoly War - Holy Wrath! Baltic Wars Between Regulated Warfare and Total Annihilation around 1200Kurt Villads JensenThe Swedish Expeditions ('Crusades') towards Finland ReconsideredJens E. Olesen