Intercessory Prayer and the Monastic Ideal in the Time of the Carolingian Reforms

CHOY Renie S. Intercessory Prayer and the Monastic Ideal in the Time of the Carolingian Reforms Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016, X-234 p. Collection Oxford theology and religion monographs ISBN 978-0-19-879051-8 HMA 455 Résumé éditeur : In early medieval Europe, monasticism constitued a significant force in society because the prayers of the religious on behalf of others featured as powerful currency. The study of this phenomenon is at once full of potential and peril, rightly drawing ..