Mundane Uses of Sacred Places in the Central and Later Middle Ages

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Daily life in a medieval church - includes cooking, commerce, playing games and even sex...

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Mundane Uses of Sacred Places in the Central and Later Middle Ages, with a Focus on Chartres...

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Although technically reserved for worship, church buildings were put to numerous non-devotional uses in the Middle Ages