Christian Materiality: Miracles in the Later Middle Ages

In the period between 1150 and 1550 a number of Christians in western Europe made pilgrimages to places where material objects--among them paintings, statues, relics, and Eucharistic wafers--allegedly erupted into life by such activities as bleeding, weeping, and walking about. In this lecture, Professor Bynum describes the miracles, discusses the problems they presented for both church authorities and the ordinary faithful, and probes the basic assumptions about matter that lay behind them.
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[@suzannetevlin8439]

I attended 3 lectures given by Dr Bynum at the University of Toronto several years ago. She was a revelation! Since then I have read what few books I can get my hands on, and watched her video lectures. I always tell my students to check her out.....and they'll be in for a mind bending treat. Thanks for posting. How 'bout some more?

[@TheModernHermeticist]

Thanks for the post. I see this has been up for quite some time...

[@harveyge1]

Superb lecture, exhibiting the objective logic that should drive all analysis.

[@IAMJESUSmovie]

Jesus Christ has returned. I AM.

[@margyrowland]

Her smugness is suffocating. She’s mixing obviously fraudulent objects with genuine relics. No need to tell me she’s not Catholic. Love from Australia 🇦🇺

[@michaelrobeson7529]

Do you consider everyone far more intelligent than you as smug? Or only the Catholics?

[@margyrowland]

Blah blah blah......She’s not a Christian, what would she know?