Charity and Religion in Medieval Europe ISBN: 9780813218878 Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / The Catholic University of America Press Digital rights:Users: Unlimited; Printing: Chapters; Download: Chapters Subjects: Medieval and Renaissance Studies; History;
Challenges conventional views of medieval piety by demonstrating how the ideology of charity and its vision of the active life provided an important alternative to the ascetical, contemplative tradition emphasized by most historians