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Miracles and Wonders

The Development of the Concept of Miracle, 1150-1350

By: Michael E. Goodich

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Miracles and Wonders

The Development of the Concept of Miracle, 1150-1350

By: Michael E. Goodich

Beginning in the late twelfth century, scholastic theologians such as William of Auvergne, Thomas Aquinas and Engelbert of Admont attempted to provide a rational foundation to the Christian belief in miracles, bolstered by the Aristotelian theory of natural law. Similarly in this period a tension appeared to exist in the recording of miracles, between the desire to exalt the Faith and the need to guarantee believability in the face of opposition from heretics, Jews and other sceptics. As miracles became an increasingly standard part of evidence leading to canonization, the canon lawyers, notaries and theologians charged with determining the authenticity of miracles were eventually issued with a list of questions to which witnesses to the event were asked to respond, a virtual template against which any miracle could be measured. Michael Goodich explores this changing perception of the miracle in medieval Western society. He employs a wealth of primary sources, including canonization dossiers and contemporary hagiographical Vitae and miracle collections, philosophical/theological treatises, sermons, and canon law and ancillary sources dealing with the procedure of canonization. He compares and contrasts 'popular' and learned understanding of the miraculous and explores the relationship between reason and revelation in the medieval understanding of miracles. The desire to provide a more rational foundation to the Christian belief in miracles is linked to the rise of heresy and other forms of disbelief, and finally the application of the rules of evidence in the examination of miracles in the central Middle Ages is scrutinized. This absorbing book will appeal to scholars working in the fields of medieval history, religious and ecclesiastical history, canon law, and all those with an interest in hagiography.

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Lives and Miracles of the Saints

Studies in Medieval Latin Hagiography

By: Michael E. Goodich

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Lives and Miracles of the Saints

Studies in Medieval Latin Hagiography

By: Michael E. Goodich

Hagiography is a rich source for our knowledge of many aspects of medieval culture and tradition. The lives and miracles of the saints may be read on several levels, both as an expression of the dominant ideology and as a reflection of long-term themes in medieval society. The essays in this volume attempt to exploit the Latin hagiographical sources of the medieval West as means of illuminating our understanding of a variety of such themes: childhood and adolescence, elite and popular religion, sainthood and politics, the mechanism of canonisation, women in the church, dreams, visions and the concept of the miraculous, and the convergence of heresy, disbelief and piety.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040247105

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Violence and Miracle in the Fourteenth Century

Private Grief and Public Salvation

By: Michael Goodich

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Violence and Miracle in the Fourteenth Century

Private Grief and Public Salvation

By: Michael Goodich

This study concentrates on the reported miracles of the century, and attempts to exploit them not as accurate accounts of Medieval occurences but rather as an indication of the mentality and attitude toward religion and death during this unsettled period of history.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226302946

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9780226302942

Miracles and Wonders

The Development of the Concept of Miracle, 1150-1350

By: Michael E. Goodich

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The Development of the Concept of Miracle, 1150-1350

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Lives and Miracles of the Saints

Studies in Medieval Latin Hagiography

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Studies in Medieval Latin Hagiography

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Miracles and Wonders

Miracles and Wonders

Lives and Miracles of the Saints

Lives and Miracles of the Saints

Violence and Miracle in the Fourteenth Century

Violence and Miracle in the Fourteenth Century

Miracles and Wonders

Miracles and Wonders

Lives and Miracles of the Saints

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