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Birth of Purgatory by Jacques Le Goff (1986, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
ISBN-100226470830
ISBN-139780226470832
eBay Product ID (ePID)80510
Product Key Features
Number of Pages440 Pages
Publication NameBirth of Purgatory
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1986
SubjectChristianity / Catholic, Christian Theology / Eschatology, Eschatology, Europe / Medieval
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaReligion, History
AuthorJacques Le Goff
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight22.2 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN83-001108
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition19
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal236/.5
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments The Third Place Part One - The Hereafter before Purgatory 1. Ancient Imaginings 2. The Fathers of Purgatory 3. The Early Middle Ages: Doctrinal Stagnation and the Riot of Imagination Part Two - The Twelfth Century: The Birth of Purgatory The Century of the Great Advance 4. The Fire of Purgatory 5. "Locus Purgatorius": A Place for Purgation 6. Purgatory between Sicily and Ireland 7. The Logic of Purgatory Part Three - The Triumph of Purgatory 8. The Scholastic Systematization 9. Social Victory: Purgatory and the Cure of Souls 10. The Poetic Triumph: The Divina Commedia Why Purgatory? Appendix 1. Bibliography of Purgatory Appendix 2. "Purgatorium": The History of a Word Appendix 3. Earliest Images Appendix 4. Recent Works Notes Index
SynopsisIn The Birth of Purgatory , Jacques Le Goff, the brilliant medievalist and renowned Annales historian, is concerned not with theological discussion but with the growth of an idea, with the relation between belief and society, with mental structures, and with the historical role of the imagination. Le Goff argues that the doctrine of Purgatory did not appear in the Latin theology of the West before the late twelfth century, that the word purgatorium did not exist until then. He shows that the growth of a belief in an intermediate place between Heaven and Hell was closely bound up with profound changes in the social and intellectual reality of the Middle Ages. Throughout, Le Goff makes use of a wealth of archival material, much of which he has translated for the first time, inviting readers to examine evidence from the writings of great, obscure, or anonymous theologians.
LC Classification NumberBT842
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