Intercessory prayer and the monastic ideal in the time of the carolingian reforms

In early medieval Europe, monasticism constituted a significant force in society because the prayers of the religious on behalf of others featured as powerful currency. The study of this phenomenon is at once full of potential and peril, rightly drawing attention to the wider social involvement of a...

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Main Author: Choy, Renie S. (Author)
Corporate Author: University of Oxford. Grad-verleihende Institution (Degree granting institution)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford New York Oxford University Press 2016
In:Year: 2016
Edition:1. edition
Series/Journal:Oxford theology and religion monographs
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Eucharistic Prayer / Prayer of petition / Communio / Monasticism / Carolingian Reform
Further subjects:B Carolingians Religion
B Monasticism and religious orders (Europe) History Middle Ages, 600-1500
B Intercessory prayer
B Thesis