 | Benedictine Maledictions: Liturgical Cursing in Romanesque France Subjects: Blessing and cursing -- History -- Middle Ages 6oo–1500; Catholic church -- Liturgy -- History; Monasticism and religious orders -- France -- History -- Middle Ages 600–1500; France -- Church history -- To 987; France -- Church history -- Middle Ages 9; A reconstruction and exploration of the phenomenon of religious cursing in medieval Europe. 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. |
