TY - BOOK ID - 246689 TI - History and the supernatural in medieval England PY - 2007 VL - 4th ser., 66 SN - 9780521802550 0521802555 9780511496257 9780521154819 9780511378706 051137870X 9780511375965 0511375964 0511496257 1107174252 1281243248 9786611243241 0511377819 0511376901 0511374461 0521154812 9781107174252 9781281243249 6611243240 9780511377815 9780511376900 9780511374463 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - History of the United Kingdom and Ireland KW - Christian spirituality KW - anno 500-1499 KW - Supernatural (Theology) KW - Surnaturel (Théologie) KW - History of doctrines KW - Histoire des doctrines KW - England KW - Angleterre KW - Church history KW - Religious life and customs KW - Histoire religieuse KW - Vie religieuse KW - Surnaturel (Théologie) KW - Supernature (Theology) KW - Grace (Theology) KW - Arts and Humanities KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:246689 AB - This is a fascinating study of religious culture in England from 1050 to 1250. Drawing on the wealth of material about religious belief and practice that survives in the chronicles, Carl Watkins explores the accounts of signs, prophecies, astrology, magic, beliefs about death, and the miraculous and demonic. He challenges some of the prevailing assumptions about religious belief, questioning in particular the attachment of many historians to terms such as 'clerical' and 'lay', 'popular' and 'elite', 'Christian' and 'pagan' as explanatory categories. The evidence of the chronicles is also set in its broader context through explorations of miracle collections, penitential manuals, exempla and sermons. The book traces shifts in the way the supernatural was conceptualized by learned writers and the ways in which broader patterns of belief evolved during this period. This original account sheds important light on belief during a period in which the religious landscape was transformed. ER -