Objects of Belief: Material Culture and Religious Writings in Late Medieval England

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Joshua Easterling (Assistant Professor) Fiona Somerset (Professor, Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies and English)

Objects of Belief

Material Culture and Religious Writings in Late Medieval England

Joshua Easterling (Assistant Professor), Fiona Somerset (Professor, Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies and English)

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English

Manchester University Press
07 October 2025

Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; British & Irish history; Medieval history; History of religion; Material culture

Series: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture

Objects in late medieval Europe were a means for lay people and clergy to negotiate their access to powers beyond the everyday, in folk practice as well as religious observance.

As has been noted by scholars, this period is marked by a profusion of objects granted special importance, imaginary as well as material. These objects prompt reconsideration of cultural and intellectual frameworks, for example of superstition, reform, and heresy, that never quite successfully contain them. Essays in this volume centre attention on these things themselves, from puppets to rosaries, as indeed do the written accounts through which they are often mediated. With a focus on England, contributors re-evaluate our understanding of works and authors including Geoffrey Chaucer, Walter Hilton, Nicholas Love, Julian of Norwich, miracles of the Virgin, Edward Hall's Chronicle, the Wycliffite Glossed Gospels, and the Croxton Play of the Sacrament.

Edited by: Joshua Easterling (Assistant Professor), Fiona Somerset (Professor, Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies and English)
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 509g
ISBN: 9781526181053
ISBN 10: 1526181053
Series: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture
Pages: 310
Publication Date: 07 October 2025
Audience: College/higher education , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Fiona Somerset is Professor of English and Co-director of the Medieval Studies Program at the University of Connecticut. Joshua S. Easterling is Associate Professor of English at Murray State University, Kentucky.