The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Christianity pdf

约翰·休·阿诺德（John Hugh Arnold，生于 1969 年）是英国历史学家。自 2016 年起，他一直担任剑桥大学中世纪史教授。他曾在伦敦大学伯贝克学院工作，专门研究中世纪宗教文化。他还撰写了大量有关史学以及历史为何重要的文章。 阿诺德生于 1969 年 11 月 28 日，在约克大学获得历史文学学士学位和中世纪研究哲学博士学位。他从 2008 年起担任伦敦大学伯贝克学院的中世纪历史教授。他于 2001 年加入学院担任讲师。在此之前，他是东英吉利大学的讲师。他是社会历史学会和美国中世纪学院的成员。 阿诺德专门研究中世纪的宗教文化，他说虽然他从来没有信奉过任何宗教，但“信仰”一直让他着迷。在他的作品中，他问道：“为什么人们会相信他们所相信的东西？‘相信’在实践中的真正含义是什么？”阿诺德还撰写了大量有关史学的文章。 2008 年，他写了一篇政策文件，《为什么历史很重要——以及为什么中世纪历史对历史和政策也很重要》。

The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Christianity pdf 约翰·阿诺德

The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Christianity is about the beliefs, practices, and institutions of the Roman Church between 400 and 1500AD, and brings together in one volume a host of cutting-edge analysis. The book does not primarily provide a chronological narrative, but rather seeks to demonstrate the variety, change, and complexity of religion across this long period, and the numerous different ways in which modern scholarship can approach it. It presents the work of thirty academic authors, from the US, the UK, and Europe, addressing topics that range from early medieval monasticism to late medieval mysticism, from the material wealth of the Church to the spiritual exercises through which certain believers might attempt to improve their souls. Each chapter tells a story, but seeks also to ask how and why ‘Christianity’ took on a particular shape at a particular moment, paying attention to both the spiritual and otherwordly aspects of religion, and the very material and political contexts in which they were often embedded. The book aims to be an indispensable guide to future discussion in the field.