Constance Hoffman Berman presents an indispensable new collection of the most influential and revisionist work to be done on religion in the Middle Ages in the last couple of decades. Bringing together an authoritative list of scholars from around the world, the book provides a valuable service to students of religious history in providing a compilation of the most important new work. The collection includes considerations of gender, "otherness," the body, and diversity of beliefs between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries. Medieval Religion: New Approaches is essential reading for all those who study the Middle Ages, church history, or religion.

The Editor

Constance Hoffman Berman is Professor of History at the University of Iowa where she has taught since 1988. She has published widely on medieval religious women, reform religion in the twelfth century, and the Cistercian Order. Her books include The Cistercian Evolution (2000).