The hanged man : a story of miracle, memory, and colonialism in the Middle Ages
Bartlett, Robert, 1950-2004
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This study begins with an execution, but the victim survived & the subsequent church investigation of this apparent miracle recorded nine eye witness accounts. These statements provide insights to the ways medieval people saw their world & portray what life was like in 14th century colonial Wales.
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Author:
Imprint:
Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, c2004.
Collation:
xi, 168 p. : ill., facsims., geneal. tables, map ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780691117195 (hbk)
Dewey class:
942.9036942.903
Local class:
942.036
Language:
English
Subject:
Hanging -- Wales -- History -- To 1500 -- Case studiesNear-death experiences -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500Resurrection -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500Miracles -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500Examination of witnesses -- Wales -- History -- To 1500Wales -- History -- 1284-1536History
BRN:
198477