Envisaging Heaven in the Middle Ages

Informationen zum Autor Carolyn Muessig, Ad Putter Klappentext With contributions from A C Spearing! Peter Meredith and Robin Kirkpatrick! this collection deals with medieval notions of heaven in theological and mystical writings! medieval art! poetry and music. Zusammenfassung With contributions from A.C. Spearing, Peter Meredith and Robin Kirkpatrick, this collection deals with medieval notions of heaven in theological and mystical writings, medieval art, poetry and music. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. Envisaging Heaven 2. Visio Dei 3. Constructing Heaven in Hildegard of Bingen's Expositiones Euangeliorum 4. The Completeness of Heaven 5. Heaven! Earth and the Angels 6. Access to Heaven in Medieval Visions of the Otherworld 7. Bringing Heaven Down To Earth 8. Von Aller Bilden Bildlosekeit 9. Marguerite Porete 10. 'Some High Place' 11. Heaven as Performance and Participation in the Symphonia Armonie Celestium Revelationum 12. After Lives Now 13. The Artifice of Eternity 14. Exchanging Blood for Wine 15. Chaucer's Lovers in Metaphorical Heaven 16. The Influence of Visions of the Otherworld on some Medieval Romances Index

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• Authors: Carolyn (University of Bristol Muessig, Carolyn Putter Muessig
• Assisted by: Carolyn Muessig (Editor), Carolyn (University of Bristol Muessig (Editor), Muessig Carolyn (Editor), Ad Putter (Editor), Ad (University of Bristol Putter (Editor), Putter Ad (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.09.2006
• EAN: 9780415383837
• ISBN: 978-0-415-38383-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Routledge Studies in Medieval Religion and Culture; Routledge Studies in Medieval Religion and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; RELIGION / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Religion: general, Christianity, Medieval History, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, History and Archaeology, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval