After Luther’s death in 1546, it was said, the seeds mostly fell dormant in Germany, where leaders failed to rally around the philosophical core of Luther’s message, retreating into political division and older authoritarian patterns of thought.
Seeking the Supernatural: The Exorcisms of John Darrell and the Formation of an Orthodox Identity in Early Modern England
February 1, 2012 By
This thesis examines the questions raised by Darrell‘s exorcisms and the ways in which they were shaped by relations of power. I hope that it will shed new light on the ways in which people formed their religious and ideological identities in this pivotal period in English history.
Medieval English Roodscreens
January 30, 2012 By
The research shows that considerable sums were spent during the later middle ages on the construction, decoration, and maintenance of screens in all churches, from cathedrals and monasteries to parish churches.
The Ghost in Early Modern Protestant Culture: Shifting perceptions of the afterlife, 1450-1700
October 25, 2011 By
The Ghost in Early Modern Protestant Culture:Shifting perceptions of the afterlife, 1450-1700 McKeever, Amanda Jane PhD Thesis, Philosophy, University of Sussex, September 27, (2010) Abstract My thesis seeks to address the continuity, change and the syncreticism of ideas regarding post-mortem existence in the wake of the Reformation. Prior to reform, the late Medieval world view […]
An Introduction to Olympia Morata, a Forgotten, Feminist Voice from Sixteenth Century Italy
September 8, 2011 By
An Introduction to Olympia Morata, a Forgotten, Feminist Voice from Sixteenth Century Italy Webb, Val (Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN) Sea Changes, Vol.1 (2001) Abstract I met Olympia Morata in the British Library while searching for women lost from history. My search word ‘heroine’ uncovered an 1864 inspirational collection Heroines of the Household. Olympia was the […]
The Alphabetum catholicorum of Arnaldus of Villanova, an edition and study
August 24, 2011 By
The Alphabetum catholicorum of Arnaldus of Villanova, an edition and study Burnam, Hope Lampert (university of Toronto) PhD Thesis, University of Toronto (1996) Abstract On the title page to the 1553 edition of his catechism, John Calvin defined a catechism as “a formulary for instructing children in Christianity set as a dialogue.” Although catechisms have […]
Music Associated with Santiago and the Pilgrimage
August 2, 2011 By
Music Associated with Santiago and the Pilgrimage Pederson,E.O. Perspectives on the Camino: A collection of essays on the Camino (2007) Abstract The Medieval Period The tradition of pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela is more than 1,000 years old, and over that time musical styles and tastes, indeed the very language of music itself and the […]
New online version of The Acts and Monuments by John Foxe released
July 19, 2011 By
A new interactive version of The Acts and Monuments by John Foxe has been published online by the University of Sheffield. This work, available at http://www.johnfoxe.org, is an ecclesiastical history that is regarded as an essential resource for researchers of English history, religion and literature. The Acts and Monuments details the history of the Protestants […]
The Polemical use of the Albigensian Crusade during the French Wars of Religion
July 18, 2011 By
The Polemical use of the Albigensian Crusade during the French Wars of Religion Racaut, Luc French History 13, 3 (1999) Abstract From the outset of the Reformation, Catholic authors had sought to draw parallels between Protestantism and earlier heresies. In France, members of the Sorbonne took arguments from controversies against a variety of heretical groups which […]
The Eastern Schism and the Division of Europe
April 10, 2011 By
The Eastern Schism and the Division of Europe Ledit, Joseph S.J., Theological Studies, Vol.12:4 (1951) Abstract Now that Europe has been cut in two, and its two fragments have become minor parts of the large systems that fill the world, Eurasia on one side, and the Atlantic community on the other, it becomes the object of […]
Emperor Charles IV (1346–1378) as the Architect of Local Religion in Prague
March 21, 2011 By
This essay takes a different path through the religious culture of fourteenth-century Bohemia and of Prague, in particular.
The Apocalypse and Religious Propaganda: Illustrations by Albrecht Dürer and Lucas Cranach The Elder
January 13, 2011 By
The Apocalypse and Religious Propaganda: Illustrations by Albrecht Dürer and Lucas Cranach The Elder Hartmann, Denise Alexandra (University of Toronto) Marginalia, Vol. 11, (October 2010) Abstract Apocalypse imagery was highly sought after in Germany during the 14th and 15th centuries, attributable to the millenialist belief that the world was coming to an end in the […]
Analogy and Formal Distinction: On the Logical Basis of Wyclif’s Metaphysics
October 8, 2010 By
Analogy and Formal Distinction: On the Logical Basis of Wyclif’s Metaphysics Conti, Alessandro D. (La Maddalena, Italy) Medieval Philosophy and Theology, vol. 6, no. 2 (1997) Abstract John Wyclif (born near Richmond, Yorkshire, before 1330-died Lutterworth, Leicestershire, 31 Dec. 1384) was one of the most important and authoritative thinkers of the late Middle Ages. Not […]
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