Elf Queens and Holy Friars - Fairy Beliefs and the Medieval Church

Richard Firth Green is Academy Professor of The Ohio State University. He is author of several books, including A Crisis of Truth: Literature and Law in Ricardian England, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Sommario

Introduction

Chapter 1. Believing in Fairies

Chapter 2. Policing Vernacular Belief

Chapter 3. Incubi Fairies

Chapter 4. Christ the Changeling

Chapter 5. Living in Fairyland

Postscript

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Acknowledgments

Info autore

Richard Firth Green

Riassunto

Starting from the assumption of a far greater cultural gulf between the learned and the lay in the medieval world than between rich and poor, Elf Queens explores the church's systematic campaign to demonize fairies and infernalize fairyland and the responses this provoked in vernacular romance.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Richard Green, Richard Firth Green
• Con la collaborazione di: Ruth Mazo Karras (Editore)
• Editore: University of pennsylvania pr
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9780812224252
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-2425-2
• Pagine: 277
• Serie: Middle Ages; Middle Ages; The Middle Ages Series
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Medioevo