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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970057103321

Autore

Rivard Derek A

Titolo

Blessing the world : ritual and lay piety in medieval religion / / Derek A. Rivard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8132-1828-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Disciplina

264/.0200902

Soggetti

Benediction

Liturgics - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500

Piety - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-315) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The history and theology of Christian blessing -- Sacred places and sacred space -- Sacred persons : blessing the laity -- Sacred vessels, objects, and events.

Sommario/riassunto

In Blessing the World, Derek A. Rivard studies liturgical blessing and its role in the religious life of Christians during the central and later Middle Ages, with a particular focus on the blessings of the Franco-Roman liturgical tradition from the tenth to late thirteenth centuries.