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Book SynopsisThe Eucharist in the European Middle Ages was a multimedia event. First and foremost it was a drama, a pageant, a liturgy. The setting itself was impressive. Stunning artwork adorned massive buildings. Underlying and supporting the liturgy, the art and the architecture was a carefully constructed theological world of thought and belief. Popular beliefs, spilling over into the magical, celebrated that presence in several tumultuous forms. Church law regulated how far such practice might go as well as who was allowed to perform the liturgy and how and when it might be performed. This volume presents the medieval Eucharist in all its glory combining introductory essays on the liturgy, art, theology, architecture, devotion and theology. Contributors include: Celia Chazelle, Michael Driscoll, Edward Foley, Stephen Edmund Lahey, Lizette Larson-Miller, Ian Christopher Levy, Gerhard Lutz, Gary Macy, Miri Rubin, Elizabeth Saxon, Kristen Van Ausdall and Joseph Wawrykow.
Trade Review‘’This solid collection of thirteen essays offers a multidisciplinary treatment of the Eucharist in medieval Christianity from late antiquity trough to the onset of the Reformation. The result is a valuable and informative volume, which will certainly be appreciated and is a worthy addition to the series of Brill’s Companions to the Christian Tradition.’’ Robert N. Swanson, University of Birmingham. In: Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 44, No. 1, 2013, p. 182. ‘’every decent theological library should certainly have it.’’ John F. Baldovin, S.J., Boston College. ‘’Ce Companion constitue un ensemble unifié qui honore parfaitement l’idée de départ: celle d’introduire dans la réalité du mystère eucharistique au Moyen ge. Il fait honneur à la recherché anglo-saxonne en ce domaine.’’ Pierre Gervais, Institut d’Etudes Théologiques Bruxelles. In: Nouvelle Revue Théologique, 135/3, 2013, p. 514.
