Pagan Survivals, Superstitions And Popular Cultures In Early Medieval Pastoral Literature (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Sutdies)

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"This comprehensive study examines early medieval popular culture as it appears in ecclesiastical and secular law, sermons, penitentials and other pastoral works - a selective, skewed, but still illuminating record of the beliefs and practices of ordinary Christians. Concentrating on the five centuries from c. 500 to c. 1000, Pagan Survivals, Superstitions and Popular Cultures in Early Medieval Pastoral Literature presents the evidence for folk religious beliefs and piety, attitudes to nature and death, festivals, magic, drinking and alimentary customs. As such it provides a precious glimpse of the mutual adaptation of Christianity and traditional cultures at an important period of cultural and religious transition."--Jacket.

subjects: Pastoral literature, history and criticism,  Christian literature, history and criticism,  Popular culture, europe,  Paganism,  Superstition in literature,  Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern),  History and criticism,  Popular culture,  Christianity,  History,  Popular culture in literature,  Paganism in literature,  Superstition,  Latin Pastoral literature,  Littérature pastorale latine,  Histoire et critique,  Littérature chrétienne latine médiévale et moderne,  Culture populaire,  Aspect religieux,  Christianisme,  Histoire,  Culture populaire dans la littérature,  Paganisme dans la littérature,  Paganisme,  Superstitions dans la littérature,  Superstitions,  Religious aspects