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From Eden to eternity : creations of paradise in the later Middle Ages / Alastair Minnis.
LIBRA BS1237 .M56 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Minnis, A. J. (Alastair J.), author.
- Series:
- Middle Ages series
- The Middle Ages series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Genesis, I-XI.
- Eden--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Eden.
- Paradise--Christianity--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Paradise.
- Bible. Genesis, I-XI--Criticism, interpretation, etc--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Bible.
- Theological anthropology--Christianity--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Theological anthropology.
- Theological anthropology--Christianity--History of doctrines.
- Eden in art.
- History.
- Christianity.
- Physical Description:
- x, 358 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Body in Eden 24
- Creating Bodies 26
- Bodily Functions 33
- The Pleasures of Paradise 37
- Being Fruitful and Multiplying 46
- The Children of Eden 54
- What Adam Knew 57
- Creating Souls 66
- Eden as Human Habitat 73
- Chapter 2 Power in Paradise 84
- Dominion over the Animals 85
- Domestic Dominion: The Origins of Economics 95
- Power and Gender 99
- Unequal Men: The Origins of Politics 114
- Power and Possession: The Origins of Ownership 117
- The Insubordinate Fall 134
- Chapter 3 Death and the Paradise Beyond 140
- The Death of the Animal 141
- The Body Returns 152
- Representing Paradise: From Eden to the Patria 165
- Perfecting Children's Bodies 178
- Rewarding Inequality 186
- Negotiating the Material 192
- Resurrecting the Senses 197
- Somewhere over the Rainbow 207.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-347) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780812247237
- 081224723X
- OCLC:
- 907193859
- Publisher Number:
- 40025181592
- 40025192195
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