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A Sacred City: Consecrating Churches and Reforming Society in Eleventh-Century Italy - Manchester Medieval Studies Louis Hamilton
A Sacred City: Consecrating Churches and Reforming Society in Eleventh-Century Italy - Manchester Medieval Studies
Louis Hamilton
Through an examination of the rite and practice of consecrating (dedication) churches in eleventh-century Italy, A Sacred City examines how ritual was employed to foster the Gregorian reform and how sacred space shaped identity, generated conflict, and provoked a debate over symbolic meaning and ecclesiology among the reformers. -- .
272 pages, 2 black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | July 1, 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9780719080265 |
| Publishers | Manchester University Press |
| Pages | 288 |
| Dimensions | 223 × 146 × 23 mm · 474 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Rigby, Steve |