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Sanctifying Signs: Making Christian Tradition in Late Medieval England
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The Catholic Historical Review
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January 1, 2005
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Sanctifying Signs: Making Christian Tradition in Late Medieval England. By David Aers. (Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press. 2004. Pp. xiii, 281. $55.00 cloth; $25.00 paper.)
In Sanctifying Signs, David Aers continues his incisive examination of late medieval religious beliefs and practices and their representations in and development by late fourteenth- and early fifteenth-century English textuality. The book's six chapters are effectively framed by an introduction (Chap. 1: "The Sacrament of the Altar in the Making of Orthodox Christianity or 'Traditional Religion'") and conclusion (Chap. 6: "Home, Homelessness, and Sanctity: Conflicting Models") that compellingly support ...
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