Religion in the Medieval West

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

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Western European civilization evolved during the medieval centuries when the whole area was converted to Christianity in its Latin Catholic form. Christianity and life in the West in the middle ages are indissolubly linked - one cannot separate one from the other. Yet very few people coming to the study of the medieval era bring with them much knowledge of the more fundamental beliefs and practices of the Christian church; fewer still are familiar with the particular forms of Latin Catholicism. This account is an introduction to the religious life of this formative period - but connected less with the history of the institional church than with the interaction between church and lay society. This edition has been updated throughout and new visual evidence has been provided.

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Bernard Hamilton is Professor Emeritus of Crusading History at the University of Nottingham.