title: Corpus Christi: The Eucharist in Late Medieval Culture
author:  Miri Rubin 
description: "...the book provides an exceptionally rich body of material and a spirited statement of a point of view important not just for eucharistic but for religious history generally." The Journal of Religion<br /><br />"Rubin's is a brilliant attempt to grasp the language of medieval religion that gave meaning to, as well as received meaning from, the culture around it...My brief summary cannot hope to convey the richness of material and interpretation contained in this volume." History<br /><br />"From time to time one comes across a book like this that has long needed to be written. Rubin...has filled an important gap in the study of the Eucharist. What makes the book so significant is her treatment of the Eucharist in its social, political, economic, and cultural context...the most significant treatment of this subject in the last fifty years." Theological Studies<br /><br />"...a major and valuable contribution to the field." Sixteenth Century Journal<br /><br />"...a work of such originality, learning and imagination." Times Literary Supplement<br /><br />"Waste your time reading fiction, if you want, or dull history. If you want liveliness, pick up this history of eucharistic practice....This is a rich history, enhanced with black-and-white illustrations." Christian Century<br /><br />"Miri Rubin (lecturer in Medieval History at Oxford) has written a penetrating analysis of the relation between religion and society in the West between 1000 to 1500....Rubin has written a 'tour de force' that is a must for any serious student of the High Middle Ages. This student came away immensely instructed, impressed with the vademecum reference quality of her study of the eucharist -- and with several questions....splendid and insightful study." Thomas Finn, Critical Review<br /><br />"...the reader will likely find the text rewarding, thought-provoking, and worth the trouble." Keith Killinger, Currents in Theology and Mission
zlib_text: A Companion to the Eucharist 
  in the Middle Ages
  
  Brill’s Companions 
  to the 
  Christian Tradition
  A series of handbooks and reference works
  on the intellectual and religious life of Europe,
  500–1800
  Editor-in-chief
  Christopher M. Bellitto
  (Kean University)
  VOLUME 26
  The titles published in this series are listed at brill.nl/bcct
  
  A Companion to the 
  Eucharist in the Middle Ages
  Edited by
  Ian Christopher Levy, Gary Macy 
  and Kristen Van Ausdall
  LEIDEN • BOSTON
  2012
  
  ISSN 1871-6377
  ISBN 978 90 04 20141 5
  Copyright 2012 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.
  Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Global Oriental, Hotei Publishing, 
  IDC Publishers, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers and VSP.
  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in 
  a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, 
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