Medieval popular culture : problems of belief and perception
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Medieval popular culture : problems of belief and perception
（Cambridge studies in oral and literate culture, 14）
Cambridge University Press , Maison des sciences de l'homme, 1990
- : pbk : us
- : pbk : fr
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Bibliography: p. 259-271
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
By scrutinizing the lives of saints, miracle stories, descriptions of fantastic travels, penitential literature, catechisms and similar genres, from the fifth to the 15th centuries, the author attempts to reconstruct the beliefs and perceptions of ordinary men and women in medieval times.
Table of Contents
1. Popular culture and medieval Latin literature from Caesarius of Arles to Caesarius of Heisterbach 2. Peasants and saints 3. Popular culture in the mirror of the penitentials 4. The "Divine Comedy" before Dante 5. The "Elucidarium": popular theology and folk religiosity in the Middle Ages 6. "High" and "low": the medieval grotesque.
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