Corpus Christi: The Eucharist in Late Medieval Culture

by Miri Rubin

Book Overview

This book studies later medieval culture (c. 1150-1500) through its central symbol: the eucharist. From the twelfth century onward the eucharist was designed by the Church as the foremost sacrament. The claim that this ritual brought into presence Christ's own body, and offered it to believers, underpinned the sacramental system and the clerical meditation upon which it depended. The book explores the context in which the sacramental world was created...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0085U4DP0
• ISBN13: 9780521438056
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 452 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"