"Between the late sixteenth century and early nineteenth century, the British imagination--poetic, political, intellectual, spiritual and religious--displayed a pronounced fascination with images of ascent and flight to the heavens. Celestial Aspirations explores how British lit…
A unique look at how classical notions of ascent and flight preoccupied early modern British writers and artists. Between the late sixteenth century and early nineteenth century, the British imagination--poetic, political, intellectual, spiritual, and religious--displayed a pron…
"The rich corpus of medieval Greek apocryphal religious literature has been little used by historians. This book is the first full-length study of two medieval Greek visionary journeys to heaven and hell: the Apocalypse of the Theotokos and the Apocalypse of Anastasia. Composed …
Himmel auf Erden: Heaven on earth
by Suntrup, Rudolf, Veenstra, Jan R.
fromMedieval to early modern culture
Himmel auf Erden: Heaven on earth
by Suntrup, Rudolf, Veenstra, Jan R.
fromMedieval to early modern culture
Für den mittelalterlichen Menschen waren das Bewusstsein und der Lebensalltag vom Glauben an das konkret vorgestellte Jenseits in einer Selbstverständlichkeit und Intensität geprägt, die für den modernen Menschen kaum noch nachvollziehbar ist. Wenngleich die Bildsprache vom 'Him…
Himmel auf Erden: Heaven on earth
by Suntrup, Rudolf, Veenstra, Jan R.
fromMedieval to early modern culture
Himmel auf Erden: Heaven on earth
by Suntrup, Rudolf, Veenstra, Jan R.
fromMedieval to early modern culture