Corpus Christi, The Eucharist in Late Medieval Culture
Cambridge University Press. (Reprinted 1992). 8vo. 8-15/16 x 5-15/16". Perfect bound paperback. 432 pp. Previous owner's name in several places on preliminary pages. Vertical crease down front cover. Overall a tight, clean, never read copy. Item #962
This book studies later medieval culture (c. 1150-1500) through its central symbol: the eucharist. From the twelfth century onwards the eucharist was designed by the Church as the foremost sacrament. The claim that this ritual brought into presence Christ's own body, and offered it to believers, underpinned the sacramental system and the clerical mediation upon which it depended.
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