Paganism in the Middle Ages: threat and fascination
"In this volume, the persistence, resurgence, threat, fascination, and repression of various forms of pagan culture are studied in an interdisciplinary perspective from late antiquity to the upcoming Renaissance. The contributions deal with the survival of pagan beliefs and practices as well as...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English French German Italian |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Leuven, Belgium
Leuven University Press
2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Series/Journal: | Mediaevalia Lovaniensia
series 1, studia XLIII |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Europe
/ Paganism
/ History 500-1500
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Conference program 2007 (Louvain) B Middle Ages B Electronic books B Paganism History |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (Verlag) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Print version: Paganism in the Middle Ages. - Leuven, Belgium : Leuven University Press, [2012] |
| Summary: | "In this volume, the persistence, resurgence, threat, fascination, and repression of various forms of pagan culture are studied in an interdisciplinary perspective from late antiquity to the upcoming Renaissance. The contributions deal with the survival of pagan beliefs and practices as well as with the Christianization of pagan rural populations and with the different strategies of oppression of pagan beliefs. They deal with the problems raised by the encounter with pagan cultures outside the Muslim world and examine how philosophers attempted to "save" the great philosophers and poets from ancient culture notwithstanding their paganism. The contributors also study the fascination of classic "pagan" culture among friars in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and the imitation of pagan models of virtue and mythology in Renaissance poetry."--Book description, Amazon.com |
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| Item Description: | "The collection of essays in this volume goes back to a colloquium which took place in two sessions, one in Leuven (organized by the Leuven Institute of Medieval Studies) and one at Trinity College Cambridge in the summer and autumn of 2007"--Introduction Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9058679330 |