Benedictine Maledictions

"'May they be cursed in town and cursed in the fields. May their barns be cursed and...
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Author: Lester K. Little
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Language: English
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Benedictine Maledictions by Little, Lester K.

Benedictine Maledictions

CHF 126.31

Benedictine Maledictions

CHF 126.31
Author: Lester K. Little
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

"'May they be cursed in town and cursed in the fields. May their barns be cursed and may their bones be cursed. May the fruit of their loins be cursed as well as the fruit of their lands.' French monks of the Middle Ages hurled curses like these at their enemies, seeking supernatural assistance when no secular judge could help them. In a long-awaited book written with elegance and erudition, Lester Little undertakes the first full-length study of these maledictions.... The book's focus is the way that religious communities--especially the monks who followed Benedict's Rule and hence were known by his name--used liturgical cursing to safeguard their integrity and their possessions, against both laymen and other ecclesiastics." --Journal of Social History



Author: Lester K. Little
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 11/18/1993
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.47lbs
Size: 9.39h x 6.38w x 1.18d
ISBN: 9780801428760
Audience: Young Adult

About the Author

Lester K. Little is Dwight W. Morrow Professor of History at Smith College. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including Religious Poverty and the Profit Economy in Medieval Europe, also from Cornell.




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