RT Book, Section T1 Catechesis and Christian Doctrine in the Iberian Parishes of the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Period T2 Catequesis y doctrina cristiana en las parroquias ibéricas de la Baja Edad Media y la Alta Edad Moderna A1 Rial Costas, Benito A2 Kemper, Angelika A2 Domenig, Christian AB This contribution is an introduction to the study of the teaching of the Christian doctrine and catechetical instruction in the Iberian parishes from the Fourth Lateran Council to the lS•h century- through the synodal constitutions of the different Iberian dioceses. My main purpose, in this contribution, is merely to provide a brief introduction or overview and some examples to shed some light on the importance and possibilities synodal constitutions have for studying catechetical instruction in ~Iedie,·al and Early Modern Iberian parishes. Catechetical instruction ,,·as. Jmong other things, a means to share knowledge, create identity, and fight :.1p stasy. heresy, and infidelity. Although this contribution is a brief introduction. I hope that, through the few examples I will present, it \viii be possible to note the implications that these examples of catecheticJl instruction h~n·e f r understanding many other important issues of .Nledie,·al and Early ~lodern Europe, such as memorization, orality, exegesis. \\·riting, and liter.tey. PB Peter Lang SN 978-3-631-82842-7 SN 978-3-631-87988-7 YR 2022 FD 2022 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/99222 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/99222 LA eng NO Rial Costas, B. “Catechesis and Christian Doctrine in the Iberian Parishes of the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Period,” en Angelika Kemper y Christian Domenig (eds.), Wissen in mittelalterlichen Gemeinschaften: Diskurse, Ideale, soziale Räume, Berlín, Peter Lang Verlag, 2022, pp. 135-154. DS Docta Complutense RD 9 abr 2025