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Time and eternity : the medieval discourse / edited by Gerhard Jaritz & Gerson Moreno-Riaño.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Author/Creator:
- International Medieval Congress, Corporate Author.
- Conference Name:
- International Medieval Congress (7th : 2000 : University of Leeds)
- International Medieval Congress.
- Series:
- International Medieval Research
- International Medieval Research ; Volume 9
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Time--History--To 1500--Congresses.
- Time.
- Eternity--History--To 1500--Congresses.
- Eternity.
- Philosophy, Medieval--Congresses.
- Philosophy, Medieval.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (548 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume is composed of selected papers that attest to the fact that the medieval experience of time and eternity was rich and complex, and that its investigation is open to various approaches and methods. The volume is organised into themes dealing with the computation of time and the use of calendars; Jewish concepts of time and redemption; Christian philosophies of eternity and time; monastic and clerical conceptions; literary representations; time and art; and apocalyptic expectations.
- Contents:
- Preliminaries; Contents; Introduction; What Is Time?; Time, Its Computation and the Use of Calendars; Jewish Concepts of Time and Redemption; Christian Philosophies of Eternity and Time; Literary Representations; Time and Art; The End of the World
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 2-503-52630-6
- OCLC:
- 654357761
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