Poverty, Dignity, and Lay Spirituality in “Pore Caitif” and “Jacob’s Well”

This article examines how two texts—Pore Caitif (a late medieval devotional/vernacular Christian text) and Jacob’s Well—address the themes of poverty, human dignity, and spirituality among lay (non‑clerical) people. The author analyzes how the notion of poverty is not merely material deprivation, but is interwoven with spiritual attitudes, moral agency, and a sense of dignity. The lay spirituality dimension focuses on how non‑official believers adopt and live out practices of devotion, piety, and religious meaning in light of poverty and dignity. The text highlights how these works negotiate tensions between humility, self‑worth, social conditions, and religious ideals, showing how lay believers find meaning, agency, and status in spiritual as well as social realms through engagement with poverty and dignity.

Loại tài liệu:

Article - Bài báo

Tác giả:

Fitzgibbons, Moira

Đề mục:

Religious Studies / Cultural / Social History of Religion

Nhà xuất bản:

Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature

Ngày xuất bản:

2008

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Định dạng:

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Định danh tư liệu:

https://doi.org/10.2307/43632338

Nguồn gốc:

Medium Aevum; Volume 77, Number 2, 2008, Pages 241-259

Liên kết:

ISSN 0025-8385

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Poverty, Dignity, and Lay Spirituality in “Pore Caitif” and “Jacob’s Well”

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