The formation of Christian Europe : the Carolingians, baptism, and the Imperium Christianum / by Phelan, Owen Michael

Table of Contents: “…Sacramentum : an ordering concept from antiquity to the early Middle Ages -- The articulation of polity : baptism as the foundation of an Imperium Christianum -- The Carolingian subject : the Sacramentum of baptism and the formation of identity in Alcuin of York -- The Carolingian machinery of Christian formation : Charlemagne's encyclical letter on baptism from 811/812 and its implications -- The sacramental assumption : baptism and Carolingian society in the ninth century -- Conclusion: Loss and legacy.…”
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Living water : images, symbols, and settings of early Christian baptism / by Jensen, Robin Margaret, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Baptismal iconography in catacomb painting -- Baptismal iconography on sarcophagus and grave reliefs -- Baptismal iconography in ivory, glass, and mosaic -- Aspects of baptismal images in light of early liturgical documents -- The design and decoration of early Christian baptisteries -- Symbolism in baptistery design and décor.…”
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Sacred thresholds : the door to the sanctuary in late antiquity /

Table of Contents: “…Entering the baptistry: Spatial, identity and salvific transitions in fourth- and fifth-century baptismal liturgies /…”
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Medieval romance, medieval contexts /

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Identity in the Middle Ages Approaches from Southwestern Europe /

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Forced conversion in Christianity, Judaism and Islam : coercion and faith in premodern Iberia and beyond /

Table of Contents: “…Abner of Burgos / Alfonso of Valladolid on forced conversion / Ryan Szpiech -- The development of a new language of conversion in fifteenth-century Sephardic Jewry / Ram Ben-Shalom -- Incriminating the Judaizer: inquisitors, intentionality, and the problem of religious ambiguity after forced conversion / Yonatan Glazer-Eytan -- The coerced conversion of convicted Jewish criminals in fifteenth-century Italy / Tamar Herzig -- "Neither through habits, nor solely through will, but through infused faith": Hernando de Talavera's understanding of conversion / Davide Scotto -- Remembering the forced baptism of Jews: law, theology, and history in sixteenth-century Portugal / Giuseppe Marcocci -- Theologies of baptism and forced conversion: the case of the Muslims of Valencia and their children / Mercedes García-Arenal -- Epilogue: conversion and the force of history / David Nirenberg.…”
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Reading the Anglo-Saxon self through the Vercelli Book / by Reading, Amity

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: bodies, souls and selves in Anglo-Saxon England -- Souls with bodies: parsing the self in Vercelli homilies IV, XXII, and Soul and body I -- Baptism, conversion, and selfhood in Andreas -- Self and the community: Rogationtide and the ascention in the dream of the rood and Vercelli homilies X, XI, and XXI -- Hagiography and the end(s) of the Vercelli book: models of ideal selfhood in homilies XVII, XVIII, and XXIII.…”

The military leadership of Matilda of Canossa, 1046-1115 / by Hay, David J., 1970-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Matilda of Canossa and the 'investiture contest' -- going to Canossa : Matilda's rise to power, 1046-74 -- baptism by fire : the outbreak of war to the Battle of Sorbara, 1075-84 -- A 'feminine triumph' : Matilda's counterattack and the emperor's defeat, 1085-95 -- La gran contessa : Matilda's later campaigns, 1096-1115 -- 'Weakness of sex' : Matilda and medieval constructions of gender -- Conclusions : Matilda's campaigns and the study of women's military leadership.…”

The prehistory of the Crusades : missionary war and the Baltic Crusades / by Reynolds, Burnam W.

Table of Contents: “…'Missionary War': Preaching with a Tongue of Iron -- 6. Baptism by Treaty -- 7. A New Kind of Pilgrim -- 8. …”
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Chaucer and Becket's mother : The man of law's tale, conversion, and race in the Middle Ages / by Pagès, Meriem

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Water and fire : the myth of the flood in Anglo-Saxon England /

Table of Contents: “…Audience ; Bede and the Flood ; Ark and Church ; Flood and baptism ; The Flood in history ; Flood and apocalypse ; Noah and Christ ; Noah the preacher ; The Flood and the foolish giants -- Learning the lesson of the Flood. …”
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Water and fire : the myth of the Flood in Anglo-Saxon England / by Anlezark, Daniel

Table of Contents: “…Audience ; Bede and the Flood ; Ark and Church ; Flood and baptism ; The Flood in history ; Flood and apocalypse ; Noah and Christ ; Noah the preacher ; The Flood and the foolish giants -- Learning the lesson of the Flood. …”
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Insular iconographies : essays in honour of Jane Hawkes /

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The York Corpus Christi plays /

Table of Contents: “…The creation of the angels and the fall of Lucifer -- The creation through the fifth day -- The creation of Adam and Eve -- The prohibition of the tree of knowledge -- The fall -- The expulsion from the garden -- Sacrificium Cayme et Abell -- The bulding of Noah's Ark -- The flood -- Abraham and Isaac -- Pharaoh and Moses -- The annunciation to Mary and the visitation -- Joseph's troubles about Mary -- The nativity -- The offering of the shepherds -- Herod questioning the Three Kings and the offering of the Magi -- The purification of the Virgin -- The flight to Egypt -- The massacre of the innocents -- Christ and the doctors -- The baptism of Christ -- The temptation in the wilderness -- The marriage in Cana -- The transfiguration -- The feast in Simon's house -- The woman taken in adultery and the raising of Lazarus -- The entry into Jerusalem -- The conspiracy -- The Last Supper -- The agony and betrayal -- The trial before Cayphas and Anna -- The first trial before Pilate -- The trial before Herod -- The remorse of Judas -- The second trial before Pilate -- The road to Calvary -- Crucifixio Christi -- Mortificacio Christi -- The harrowing of hell -- The resurrection -- The appearance of Christ to Mary Magdalen -- The travelers to Emmaus -- Doubting Thomas -- The ascension -- Pentecost -- The death of Mary -- The funeral of the Virgin ("Fergus") -- The assumption of the Virgin (Thomas Apostolus) -- The coronation of the Virgin -- Doomsday.…”
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Chaucer and Becket's mother : "The man of law's tale," conversion, and race in the Middle Ages / by Pagès, Meriem

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Fountains and water culture in Byzantium /

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