Strategies of Sanity and Survival
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English
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951-746-357-X
Strategies of Sanity and Survival
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
1 THE BACKGROUND
Disastrous Times
In the Shadow of the Black Death
Sources and Problems
The Predecessors
2 SEEKING DIVINE PROTECTION
Religion vs. Magic
Heavenly Helpers
Medieval Rationalism
3 AT THE MOMENT OF PERIL
Collective reactions
Processions
Sermons
Actual Catastrophe sermons
Rogation Day Sermons
The Setting of Catastrophe Sermons
Votive Masses and Collective Prayers
Individual Reactions
4 THE AFTERMATH – EXPLAINING AND SURVIVING NATURAL DISASTERS
Scapegoats and Political Explanations
Scientific Explanations
Apocalyptic Explanations
Divine Intervention
God’s Punishment
Demons on the Loose
Causality of Punishment
Purgatory in this World
Pastoral Care and Spiritual Healing
5 EPILOGUE: THE EXTENDED MIDDLE AGES
Post-Tridentine Catholicism
Protestant Revolution?
Popular resistance
Moderate Reformers
The Waning of the Traditional Religion
CONCLUSIONS
APPENDIX 1
APPENDIX 2
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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