Poets, Saints, and Visionaries of the Great Schism, 1378–1417

For almost forty years, from 1378 to 1417, the Western Church was divided into rival camps headed by two-and eventually three--"competing popes. The so-called Great Schism provoked a profound and long-lasting anxiety throughout Europe--"an anxiety that reverberated throughout clerical circles and among the ordinary faithful. In

Info autore

Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski is Professor of French at the University of Pittsburgh. Her books include Not of Woman Born: Representations of Caesarean Birth in Medieval and Renaissance Culture (1990) and Reading Myth: Classical Mythology and Its Interpretations in Medieval French Literature (1997).

Riassunto

In Poets, Saints, and Visionaries of the Great Schism, Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski looks beyond the political and ecclesiastical storm and finds an outpouring of artistic, literary, and visionary responses to one of the great calamities of the late Middle Ages.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski, Renate (University of Pittsburgh) Blumenfeld-Kosinski
• Editore: University Presses
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 22.02.2006
• EAN: 9780271027494
• ISBN: 978-0-271-02749-4
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
• Peso: 594 g
• Illustrazioni: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Karten
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Medioevo; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, RELIGION / Christian Theology / History, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literature: history & criticism, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Medieval style