Between orders and heresy. Rethinking medieval religious movements.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Taplin, Mark
- Source
- Journal of Ecclesiastical History. Oct2023, Vol. 74 Issue 4, p875-877. 3p.
- Subject
- *RELIGIOUS movements
*RELIGIOUS literature
*FEMINISM
*HERESY
*RELIGIOUS groups
*RELIGIOUS communities
*PATRONAGE
- Language
- ISSN
- 0022-0469
Through an examination of the career of one prominent female crusader, Mahaut of Courtenay, Lester makes the case that crusade devotion constituted a religious movement in Grundmann's terms. Whereas earlier scholars had focused for the most part on outstanding individuals or the history of particular institutions, Grundmann sought rather to draw out the common threads within twelfth- and thirteenth-century religion. Anne E. Lester's essay sheds light on another facet of medieval religion largely ignored by Grundmann: crusading and the forms of piety that it engendered. [Extracted from the article]