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Excommunication for Debt in Late Medieval France: The Business of Salvation
Lange, Tyler (University of California, Berkeley)
Excommunication for Debt in Late Medieval France: The Business of Salvation
Lange, Tyler (University of California, Berkeley)
Using quantitative and qualitative methods to re-evaluate the role of late medieval church courts, Tyler Lange examines the relatively common occurrence of excommunicated debtors. This reveals how day-to-day credit functioned in the late Middle Ages, what debt meant to contemporaries, and how believers understood the Church.
303 pages, 15 b/w illus. 1 map 17 tables
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | March 24, 2016 |
ISBN13 | 9781107145795 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 303 |
Dimensions | 235 × 161 × 27 mm · 608 g |