Blessing the World: Ritual and Lay Piety in Medieval Religion ISBN: 9780813218281 Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / The Catholic University of America Press Digital rights:Users: Unlimited; Printing: Chapters; Download: Chapters Subjects: Medieval and Renaissance Studies; History;
In Blessing the World, Derek A. Rivard studies liturgical blessing and its role in the religious life of Christians during the central and later Middle Ages, with a particular focus on the blessings of the Franco-Roman liturgical tradition from the tenth to late thirteenth centuries.