1st Edition

Eating God A History of the Eucharist

By Matteo Al Kalak Copyright 2024
252 Pages
by Routledge

252 Pages
by Routledge

252 Pages
by Routledge

Eating God examines the history of the Eucharist as a means for understanding transformations in society from the late Middle Ages onwards. After an introduction on the sacrament from its origins to the Protestant Reformation, this book considers how it changed the customs and habits of society, on not only behavioural and imaginative levels, but also artistic and figurative level. The author... Read more

Introduction, or Eating God

1. The Eucharist throughout history

2. The miraculous Eucharist

3. The meditated Eucharist

4. The regulated Eucharist

5. The Eucharist in the world

6. The represented Eucharist

7. The desecrated Eucharist

8. The Eucharist under siege

Post scriptum, or The Irrational

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Matteo Al Kalak is Professor of Early Modern History and History of Christianity at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy.