Peace and Penance in Late Medieval Italy

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Peace and Penance in Late Medieval Italy
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Katherine Ludwig Jansen
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:272
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 156
Category/GenreHistory of religion
Roman Catholicism and Roman Catholic churches
ISBN/Barcode 9780691203249
ClassificationsDewey:282.450902
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 34 b/w illus.

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 31 March 2020
Publication Country United States

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

Author Biography

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).

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