Medieval Christianity in Practice

Princeton Readings in Religions vContributors xiIntroduction by Miri Rubin 1THE LIFE CYCLE: BAPTISMChapter 1. Baptismal Practice in Germany by Peter Cramer 7Chapter 2. Cathars and Baptism by Shulamith Shahar 14The Life Cycle: Confirmation and Coming of AgeChapter 3. The Early Medieval Barbatoria by Yitzhak Hen 21The Life Cycle: InstructionChapter 4. Lollard Instruction by Rita Copeland 27The Life Cycle: Marriage and Its UnmakingChapter 5. Florentine Marriage in the Fifteenth Century by Christiane Klapisch-Zuber 35Chapter 6. Annulment of Henry III's "Marriage" to Joan of Ponthieu Confirmed by Innocent IV on 20 May 1254 by David d'Avray 42The Life Cycle: Death and BurialChapter 7. Agius of Corvey's Account of the Death of Hathumoda, First Abbess of Gandersheim, in 874 by Frederick S. Paxton 53Chapter 8. A Royal Funeral of 1498 by Alain Boureau 59WORK AND TRAVELChapter 9. Charms to Ward off Sheep and Pig Murrain by William C. Jordan 67Chapter 10. Fishermen and Mariners by Harold S. Fox 76Chapter 11. Storms at Sea on a Voyage between Rhodes and Venice, November 1470 by Olivia Remie Constable 81Chapter 12. Rules and Ritual on the Second Crusade Campaign to Lisbon, 1147 by Susanna A. Throop 86CHURCHES, PARISHES, AND DAILY LIFE: CONSECRATIONChapter 13. The Consecration of Church Space by Dominique Iogna-Prat 95CHURCHES, PARISHES, AND DAILY LIFE: PASTORAL CAREChapter 14. Fourteenth-Century Instructions for Bedside Pastoral Care by Joseph Ziegler 103Chapter 15. How to Behave in Church and How to Become a Priest by Daniel Bornstein 109Chapter 16. A Sermon on the Virtues of the Contemplative Life by Katherine L. Jansen 117Chapter 17. Preaching and Pastoral Care of a Devout Woman (deo devota) in Fifteenth-Century Basel by Hans-Jochen Schiewer 126CHURCHES, PARISHES, AND DAILY LIFE: CONFESSION AND PENANCEChapter 18. Doing Penance by Sarah Hamilton 135Chapter 19. A Penitential Diet by Rob Meens 144Chapter 20. A Layman's Penance by Joseph Goering 151CHURCHES, PARISHES, AND DAILY LIFE: PRAYERChapter 21. Prayers by Virginia Reinburg 159Chapter 22. Two Healing Prayers by Eamon Duffy 164CHURCHES, PARISHES, AND DAILY LIFE: DEVOTIONAL BEHAVIORChapter 23. Images in the World: Reading the Crucifixion by Sara Lipton 173HEALINGChapter 24. The Old English Nine Herbs Charm by Debby Banham 189Chapter 25. Amulets and Charms Peter Murray Jones 194CHARITYChapter 26. A Deaf-Mute's Story Sharon Farmer 203Chapter 27. Bequests for the Poor Brigitte Resl 209THE CULT OF SAINTS AND PILGRIMAGEChapter 28. Translation of the Body of St. Junianus by Thomas Head 217Chapter 29. Pilgrimage and Spiritual Healing in the Ninth Century by Julia M. H. Smith 222IN PURSUIT OF PERFECTION: IN THE WORLDChapter 30. Interrogation of Waldensians by Peter Biller 231Chapter 31. The Lives of the Beghards by Walter Simons 238Chapter 32. The Renovation of the Chapel in the Beguinage of Lille by Penny Galloway 246Chapter 33. The Practices of Devotio moderna by John Van Engen 256IN PURSUIT OF PERFECTION: PROPHECY, REVELATION, AND ECSTATIC STATESChapter 34. The Possession of Blessed Jordan of Saxony by Aviad M. Kleinberg 265Chapter 35. On the Stigmatization of Saint Margaret of Hungary by Gabor Klaniczay 274Chapter 36. Eschatological Prophecy: "Woe to the World in One Hundred Years" by Robert E. Lerner 285Chapter 37. Raymond de Sabanac, Preface to Constance de Rabastens, The Revelations by Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski 290IN PURSUIT OF PERFECTION: AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLDChapter 38. The Life of the Hermit Stephen of Obazine by Gyorgy Gereby and Piroska Nagy 299Chapter 39. Creating an Anchorhold Alexandra Barratt 311Chapter 40. The Ritual for the Ordination of Nuns by Nancy Bradley Warren 318RITUALS OF POWERChapter 41. An Anglo-Saxon Queen's Consecration by Janet L. Nelson 327Chapter 42. Mass at the Election of the Mayor of London, 1406 by Caroline Barron 333Index 339