Peace and Penance in Late Medieval Italy
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Peace and Penance in Late Medieval Italy
By (Author) Katherine Ludwig Jansen
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
9th June 2020
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
European history
Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church
History of religion
282.450902
Physical Properties
Paperback
272
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
Description
Medieval Italian communes are known for their violence, feuds, and vendettas, yet beneath this tumult was a society preoccupied with peace. Peace and Penance in Late Medieval Italy is the first book to examine how civic peacemaking in the age of Dante was forged in the crucible of penitential religious practice. Focusing on Florence in the thirt
Reviews
"Brilliantly researched."---Lauro Martines, Times Literary Supplement
"This volume illustrates the simultaneous, vigorous, engaging peacemaking activity that provided an antidote to war. The well-chosen illustrations integrate the plastic arts into this textual study."---D.A. Brown, Choice
"[A] new, rounded perspective on medieval peacemaking."---Alexandra R. A. Lee, Reading Religion
Author Bio
Katherine Ludwig Jansen is professor of history at the Catholic University of America. Her books include the award-winning The Making of the Magdalen: Preaching and Popular Devotion in the Later Middle Ages (Princeton).
