La Religion du quotidien. Rites et croyances populaires de la fin du Moyen Age. By Francesca Canadé Sautman. (Biblioteca di ‘Lares’, New Ser., 50.) Pp. v + 232. Florence: Olschki, 1995. L. 46,000. 88 222 4339 0; 0409 6231 (original) (raw)

The paper reviews Francesca Canadé Sautman's work on popular religious practices and beliefs during the late Middle Ages, emphasizing its lack of cohesive argumentation and historical analysis. While it presents a wide range of information, notably on varying meat-eating habits and their implications for Jewish-Christian relations, it fails to engage critically with existing debates in the field, such as those by Delumeau and Scribner. The review suggests that the volume serves more as a collection of folklore rather than a referenced scholarly analysis.