Donald Weinstein

Rudolph M. Bell

In Saints and Society, Donald Weinstein and Rudolph M. Bell examine the lives of 864 saints who lived between 1000 and 1700 and the perceptions of sanctity prevalent in late medieval and early modern Europe. They also provide a substantial body of information on the people among whom the saints lived and by whom they came to be venerated. In the first part, the authors give close consideration to what the saints' lives reveal about childhood, adolescence, and adulthood; the impact of religious inspiration upon family bonds; and family influences upon religious behavior. The second part provides a composite picture of piety and its changing configuration in Latin Christendom. With the assistance of statistical analysis, the authors answer questions involving the popular perception of holiness, social class, and gender.

The Two Worlds of Western Christendom, 1000-1700

Saints and Society

Júlia Benavent i Benavent

La figura de Jerónimo Savonarola O. P. y su influencia en España y Europa

How these contradictions were accommodated is a crucial part of the story Weinstein tells.

Donald Weinstein

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