The Bible played a fundamental role in many and varied ways in the formation of the intellectual (and also material) culture of the Middle Ages. The “language and the logic of the Bible” shaped (to varying degrees) the form of the church as an institution, its legal system, the liturgy, sermons, iconography, theology, and ultimately, profane law, politics and literature as well. The biblical and Bible-related texts provided ideas and frameworks not only for theology (often termed as sacra pagina), but also for political ceremonies, iconography, and building programs, and offered role models for social behaviour, or even blueprints for imperial or royal ideologies. In short, the characteristic facets of the historic shape of Christianity (manifested in its changes) and many aspects of medieval social life or material culture cannot be understood without a substantial knowledge of the texts providing the matrix for the governing ideas.
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