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PublisherPennsylvania STATE University Press
ISBN-100271029099
ISBN-139780271029092
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Number of Pages520 Pages
Publication NameCities of God : the Religion of the Italian Communes, 1125-1325
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2005
SubjectEurope / Italy, Christianity / History, Christian Church / History, Europe / Medieval
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaReligion, History
AuthorAugustine Thompson
FormatPerfect
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Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight29 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.2 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"Augustine Thompson's immensely scholarly work has enormous implications for our understanding of the western political legacy. He has successfully shown that the most democratic, the most participatory strand in the Italian civic republican legacy was a specifically Catholic one that was not at all neopagan nor secular in the modern sense. This demonstration should further disturb our lingering tendency to narrate the story of the last one thousand years as one in which forces of 'progress' gradually banish the gothic shadows." --John Milbank,Research Professor of Religion, Politics and Ethics, University of Nottingham, "Using a wealth of evidence drawn from civic and ecclesiastical statues, tithe lists, saints' lives, art, and architecture, Thompson reminds us that the urban environment was densely packed with expressions of orthodox religion. . . . This book is a stunning achievement. Not only is it a masterful study of the Italian church and lay religion, it calls into question prevailing views of communal society and challenges us to rethink the way we apply terms like 'secular' and 'religious' to medieval society." --David Foote, American Historical Review, "Augustine Thompson's immensely scholarly work has enormous implications for our understanding of the western political legacy. He has successfully shown that the most democratic, the most participatory strand in the Italian civic republican legacy was a specifically Catholic one that was not at all neopagan nor secular in the modern sense. This demonstration should further disturb our lingering tendency to narrate the story of the last one thousand years as one in which forces of 'progress' gradually banish the gothic shadows." --John Milbank, Research Professor of Religion, Politics and Ethics, University of Nottingham, "Using a wealth of evidence drawn from civic and ecclesiastical statues, tithe lists, saints' lives, art, and architecture, Thompson reminds us that the urban environment was densely packed with expressions of orthodox religion. . . . This book is a stunning achievement. Not only is it a masterful study of the Italian church and lay religion, it calls into question prevailing views of communal society and challenges us to rethink the way we apply terms like 'secular' and 'religious' to medieval society." -David Foote, American Historical Review, "Augustine Thompson's immensely scholarly work has enormous implications for our understanding of the western political legacy. He has successfully shown that the most democratic, the most participatory strand in the Italian civic republican legacy was a specifically Catholic one that was not at all neopagan nor secular in the modern sense. This demonstration should further disturb our lingering tendency to narrate the story of the last one thousand years as one in which forces of 'progress' gradually banish the gothic shadows." -John Milbank, Research Professor of Religion, Politics and Ethics, University of Nottingham, &"Using a wealth of evidence drawn from civic and ecclesiastical statues, tithe lists, saints&' lives, art, and architecture, Thompson reminds us that the urban environment was densely packed with expressions of orthodox religion. . . . This book is a stunning achievement. Not only is it a masterful study of the Italian church and lay religion, it calls into question prevailing views of communal society and challenges us to rethink the way we apply terms like 'secular&' and 'religious&' to medieval society.&" &-David Foote, American Historical Review, "Thompson's stimulating and well-researched volume fills an important gap in our understanding of lived religion in the Italian Middle Ages. His style is fluid and often entertaining, and he skillfully balances comprehensiveness with evocative detail. It deserves to be widely read and debated." --Frances Andrews,University of St. Andrews, "Augustine Thompson's Cities of God provides a valuable overview of the religious lives of ordinary lay people in the towns of northern Italy during the central Middle Ages." --Maureen C. Miller, Ecclesiastical History, &"This brilliant, innovative, challenging, and often surprising book lays out every conceivable aspect of the religious lives of citizens of the medieval Italian commune. It is also a fascinating exposition of the unexpected ways in which civic communes of central and northern Italy from the late twelfth to the early fourteenth century were indeed Cities of God.&" &-William Bowsky, History: Reviews of New Books, "This brilliant, innovative, challenging, and often surprising book lays out every conceivable aspect of the religious lives of citizens of the medieval Italian commune. It is also a fascinating exposition of the unexpected ways in which civic communes of central and northern Italy from the late twelfth to the early fourteenth century were indeed Cities of God." -William Bowsky, History: Reviews of New Books, "Augustine Thompson's Cities of God provides a valuable overview of the religious lives of ordinary lay people in the towns of northern Italy during the central Middle Ages." --Maureen C. Miller Ecclesiastical History, "Thompson's stimulating and well-researched volume fills an important gap in our understanding of lived religion in the Italian Middle Ages. His style is fluid and often entertaining, and he skillfully balances comprehensiveness with evocative detail. It deserves to be widely read and debated." -Frances Andrews, University of St. Andrews, This brilliant, innovative, challenging, and often surprising book lays out every conceivable aspect of the religious lives of citizens of the medieval Italian commune. It is also a fascinating exposition of the unexpected ways in which civic communes of central and northern Italy from the late twelfth to the early fourteenth century were indeed 'Cities of God.', "This brilliant, innovative, challenging, and often surprising book lays out every conceivable aspect of the religious lives of citizens of the medieval Italian commune. It is also a fascinating exposition of the unexpected ways in which civic communes of central and northern Italy from the late twelfth to the early fourteenth century were indeed Cities of God." --William Bowsky, History: Reviews of New Books, "This brilliant, innovative, challenging, and often surprising book lays out every conceivable aspect of the religious lives of citizens of the medieval Italian commune. It is also a fascinating exposition of the unexpected ways in which civic communes of central and northern Italy from the late twelfth to the early fourteenth century were indeed Cities of God." --William Bowsky History: Reviews of New Books, &"Augustine Thompson&'s Cities of God provides a valuable overview of the religious lives of ordinary lay people in the towns of northern Italy during the central Middle Ages.&" &-Maureen C. Miller, Ecclesiastical History, "Augustine Thompson's Cities of God provides a valuable overview of the religious lives of ordinary lay people in the towns of northern Italy during the central Middle Ages." -Maureen C. Miller, Ecclesiastical History, "Using a wealth of evidence drawn from civic and ecclesiastical statues, tithe lists, saints' lives, art, and architecture, Thompson reminds us that the urban environment was densely packed with expressions of orthodox religion. . . . This book is a stunning achievement. Not only is it a masterful study of the Italian church and lay religion, it calls into question prevailing views of communal society and challenges us to rethink the way we apply terms like 'secular' and 'religious' to medieval society." --David Foote American Historical Review, &"Thompson&'s stimulating and well-researched volume fills an important gap in our understanding of lived religion in the Italian Middle Ages. His style is fluid and often entertaining, and he skillfully balances comprehensiveness with evocative detail. It deserves to be widely read and debated.&" &-Frances Andrews, University of St. Andrews, &"Augustine Thompson&'s immensely scholarly work has enormous implications for our understanding of the western political legacy. He has successfully shown that the most democratic, the most participatory strand in the Italian civic republican legacy was a specifically Catholic one that was not at all neopagan nor secular in the modern sense. This demonstration should further disturb our lingering tendency to narrate the story of the last one thousand years as one in which forces of 'progress&' gradually banish the gothic shadows.&" &-John Milbank, Research Professor of Religion, Politics and Ethics, University of Nottingham, "Thompson's stimulating and well-researched volume fills an important gap in our understanding of lived religion in the Italian Middle Ages. His style is fluid and often entertaining, and he skillfully balances comprehensiveness with evocative detail. It deserves to be widely read and debated." --Frances Andrews, University of St. Andrews
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal282/.45/09022
Table Of ContentContents Abbreviations Note on Style Acknowledgments Introduction Part I La Citade Sancta: Sacred Geography 1. The Mother Church 2. From Conversion to Community 3. The Holy City 4. Ordering Families, Neighborhoods, and Cities 5. Holy Persons and Holy Places Part II Buoni Cattolici: Religious Observance 6. The City Worships 7. Feasting, Fasting, and Doing Penance 8. Resurrection and Renewal 9. Good Catholics at Prayer 10. World Without End. Amen. Epilogue: Communal Piety and the Mendicants Bibliography Index
SynopsisWe know much about the Italian city states--the "communes"--of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. But historians have focused on their political accomplishments to the exclusion of their religious life, going so far as to call them "purely secular contrivances." When religion is considered, the subjects are usually saints, heretics, theologians, and religious leaders, thereby ignoring the vast majority of those who lived in the communes. In Cities of God , Augustine Thompson gives a voice to the forgotten majority--orthodox lay people and those who ministered to them. Thompson positions the Italian republics in sacred space and time. He maps their religious geography as it was expressed through political and voluntary associations, ecclesiastical and civil structures, common ritual life, lay saints, and miracle-working shrines. He takes the reader through the rituals and celebrations of the communal year, the people's corporate and private experience of God, and the "liturgy" of death and remembrance. In the process he challenges a host of stereotypes about "orthodox" medieval religion, the Italian city-states, and the role of new religious movements in the world of Francis of Assisi, Thomas Aquinas, and Dante. Cities of God is bold, revisionist history in the tradition of Eamon Duffy's Stripping of the Altars . Drawing on a wide repertoire of ecclesiastical and secular sources, from city statutes and chronicles to saints' lives and architecture, Thompson recaptures the religious origins and texture of the Italian republics and allows their inhabitants a spiritual voice that we have never heard before., We know much about the Italian city states--"the "communes"--"of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. But historians have focused on their political accomplishments to the exclusion of their religious life, going so far as to call them "purely secular contrivances." When religion is considered, the subjects are usually saints, heretics, theologians, and religious leaders, thereby ignoring the vast majority of those who lived in the communes. In
LC Classification NumberBX1210
