Rituals for the Dead: Religion and Community in the Medieval University of Paris

Cover -- Half Title -- Series page -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: The University of Paris and Its Communities -- Chapter 1: Death in Paris -- The University's Dead -- By Whom the Bells Toll -- Chapter 2: Allocating Spiritual Rewards: The P...

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Main Author: Courtenay, William J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Notre Dame University of Notre Dame Press 2018
In:Year: 2018
Series/Journal:Conway Lectures in Medieval Studies
Further subjects:B Christian life-France-Paris-History-To 1500
B Université de Paris-History-To 1500
B Electronic books
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Parallel Edition:Print version: Courtenay, William J: Rituals for the Dead : Religion and Community in the Medieval University of Paris. - Notre Dame : University of Notre Dame Press,c2018
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Summary:Cover -- Half Title -- Series page -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: The University of Paris and Its Communities -- Chapter 1: Death in Paris -- The University's Dead -- By Whom the Bells Toll -- Chapter 2: Allocating Spiritual Rewards: The Power of the Mass for the Souls of the Dead -- Virtus Missae and Its Development -- The Money Economy and the Afterlife -- Chapter 3: Candles for Our Lady: The Arts Faculty Nations as Confraternities -- Candles in the Ceremonies of the Nations -- The Churches of the Nations -- Nations as Confraternities -- Chapter 4: Gaudy Night: Colleges and Prayers for the Dead -- Halls and Colleges -- Medieval Colleges and Memorials for the Dead -- Medieval Colleges and Islamic Madrasas -- Chapter 5: A Hidden Presence: Women and the University of Paris -- Women and Higher Education in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries -- University Wives -- Women in Trades Connected to the University -- Women as Founders of Colleges -- Chapter 6: The Growth of Marian Devotion -- Dedications to the Virgin before 1200 -- The Image of the Virgin on Individual Seals -- Marian Devotion as Evidenced in College Statutes -- Marian Iconography on Magisterial Seals -- Chapter 7: Balancing Inequality -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index of Persons -- Index of Places and Subjects
ISBN:0268104956