Index
317 indeX Aaron,35,67 Abraham,27,49,96,97n175,101; blessing of,270;dagger of,200;led out of Ur,148;tax-collectors as sons, 127 absolution,207,286–87,287–88 Agobard of Lyons,238,239,241–42 agriculture:blessings of,53–54,55;natural hazards,54;protection of blessings,54; supernatural hazards,54 alb,107 Alexander I,Pope,63 Alfred,King of England,156 altar,113,125–26 ambiguity:social,4,290;of God’s nature, 58,59–60 amice,107,121 Andrieu,Michel,37,133,223n21 angels:and the sacred in blessings,272– 73;archangel Gabriel,181;archangel Michael ,169,178n141,181;archangel Raphael ,181;angelic intervention,60;as light,176;cemetery blessings,in,111; defense,of,177,179,244;duel blessing, in,244;evil,180;generic power,273; guardian angels,143n37,177,206,210, 252;healing,in,181,191–92;human vulnerability,17;invoked,193;lorica,in, 251;ministers,as,115,116;protectors of homes,79–80,80n118,81,82;protectors of knights,169,177;protector of sailors,224;protectors of travelers, 143–44;reconciliations,in,115 anthropology,2,8,135,137;medieval blessings ,and,289–92 antiphons and verses:Accingere[gladiotuo superfemurtuumpotentissime],173;Aperite mihiportasiustitiae,101,102;Aspergesme, 94,98,123;Benedicamuspatremetfilium cumsanctospiritu,210;blessing of cemeteries ,in,109;Confirmahoc,121;Deus insanctoviasupra,128;Domineadtedirigatur ,129;Exsurgatdeusetdissipenturinimic eius,120,125;frequency in reconciliations ,120n261;Haecrequiesmeainsaeculumsaeculi ,103;Inviampacem,147;Iudica, domina,nocentesme,263;Iustuses,domine, 256;Narrabonomentuam,121;Nereminiscaris ,151,245;Paxhuicdomui,129;Placebodomine ,99;Sanctumestverumlumen, 130;Signumsalutis,18;Specietua,173;Speciosus [formapraefiliishominum],173;Ut obsequiumservitutisnostre,125;Venicreator, 89;Voxdominisuperaquas,61 Antony,St.,36 anxiety,60,73,164–65 apples,187 apostles,250,251 Apostle’s Creed,261 apotropaicism,4,11,16;in non-sacramental 318 indeX apotropaicism (cont.) blessings,32,33n37;in popular incantations ,277–78 Aquinas,St.Thomas,41n73,68n80 Aquilina,Saint,200,201,243n91 archaeology:of sacred sites,47–51 Aristotle,76,194 armor,165–66.Seealsomartial blessings arms,156,165.Seealso martial blessings army,176 arrows,157n78 ashes,123 aspersion. Seewater Ascension,Feast of,72n90 Asperges,Mass,155 astrology and astronomy,75–76,194–95 Athelstan,King of England,156 Augustine,St.,of Hippo:on burial adsanctos ,92;on just war,171;on masses in houses,78n106;on natural and spiritual concerns,14;on pilgrimage,139.See also Augustinian worldview Augustinian worldview,contempt for world,280;defined,13–15,215,251;of ecclesiastical hierarchy,284;examples, 15,280;lay piety’s divergence,280–81; monastic renunciation,280;and natural world,272;two books doctrine,14 baptism:86;applied outside churches, 64;blessings and exorcisms in,32;expulsion of demons,65;link to dead and burial,110–11;saving grace of,86; state of innocence,154;Satan’s hatred, 228n35;water and regeneration,259; and the West,100n191 Basil,Saint,143 bees,70 bells,108n225 Bell,Catherine,3n3 Benedict of Aniane,Saint,33,142,228 benediction.See blessing benedictional,36;of Archbishop Robert of Jumièges,143,183,284;Canterbury,183, 284;of John Longlonde,184;number of blessings,284 Beowulf,12 Bernard of Clairvaux,Saint,202 blessing:defined 3;and agriculture,26; ambiguity,resolution of,60;angels in blessings,272–73;aspersion in,61–62, 64;as barrier to pollution,73;transmitted by blessed,265;of candles,39,217; change over time,285–89;and Christ, 28,29 in Christian culture,269;and communal identity and integrity,96, 136,277,290;and contemporary influences ,233,273;contextualization in, 274–75;current project,7–8;and custom ,123;and dubbing,157,160;of fish, 43;function and nature,6–8,292–93; and God,26,27,28;of hair,35;of house and home,77–79;of iron and water, 43;and magic,10–11,42;Hebrew terms (berkhah,barakh),25,26;history,early church,29;history,early medieval,30– 36;host,use of,43;lay blessing of garb 134;and lay piety,273–89;asmedicine, 180–81,197;in New Testament,28–29; nonsacramental,9,22–23;in Old Testament ,25–28;of oils,30;of palms,217; piety and meaning,5,274,293;of pilgrims ,270;popularity in service books, 284;power of,26,42,179;priests’commission ,35;as remedy for fears,225;responsiveness to laity,277–78,293;and ritual theory,289;as sacrament,155; as sacramentals,41;and sacred space, 45,75–76;andsacred time,76–77;112; saints in blessings,272;of sepulcher, 35;as shield,36,224–25;textualexample ,18–21;as wisdom,26 blood...
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