Envisaging heaven in the Middle ages / edited by Carolyn Muessig and Ad Putter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Muessig, Carolyn.

Putter, Ad.

Series:

Routledge studies in medieval religion and culture.

Routledge studies in medieval religion and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heaven--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Heaven.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Envisaging Heaven in the Middle Ages deals with medieval notions of heaven in theological and mystical writings, in visions of the Otherworld, and in medieval art, poetry and music. It considers the influence of such notions in the secular literature of some of the greatest writers of the period including Chrétien de Troyes and Chaucer. The coherence and beauty of these notions make heaven one of the most impressive medieval 'cathedrals of the mind'. With contributions from experts such as A.C. Spearing, Peter Meredith, Peter Dronke and Robin Kirkpatrick, this collection is

Contents:

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Plates; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Part I: Introduction; 1 Envisaging heaven: An introduction; Part II: The theology of heaven; 2 Visio dei: Seeing God in medieval theology and mysticism; 3 Constructing heaven in Hildegard: of Bingen's Expositiones euangeliorum; 4 The completeness of heaven; 5 Heaven, earth and the angels: Preaching paradise in the sermons of Jacques de Vitry; Part III: Mystical and visionary traditions; 6 Access to heaven in medieval visions of the otherworld

7 Bringing heaven down to earth: Beguine constructions of heaven8 Von Aller Bilden Bildlosekeit:The trouble with images of heaven in the works of Henry Suso; 9 Marguerite Porete: Courtliness and transcendence in The Mirror of Simple Souls; Part IV: The art of heaven; 10 'Some high place':Actualizing heaven in the Middle Ages; 11 Heaven as performance and participation in the Symphonia Hildegard of Bingen; 12 Afterlives now: A study of Paradiso canto 28; 13 The artifice of eternity: Speaking of heaven in three medieval poems; Part V: Vernacular appropriations

14 Exchanging blood for wine: Envisaging heaven in Irish bardic poetry15 Chaucer's lovers in metaphorical heaven; 16 The influence of visions of the otherworld on some medieval romances; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-134-17573-6

1-134-17574-4

1-282-76847-6

9786612768477

0-203-96621-X

9780203966211

OCLC:

437220548