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Angels & angelology in the Middle Ages /
Angels have made a remarkable comeback in the popular imagination; their real heyday, however, was the Middle Ages. This text offers a study of angels and angelology in the Middle Ages, seeking to discover how and why angels became so important in medieval society.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1998.
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| Colección: | OUP E-Books.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: The Plenitude of Medieval Angelology; ONE: The Length of Scripture 1: Sacred History and the Creation; TWO: The Length of Scripture 2: Angels, Israel, and the Church; THREE: The Depth and Height of Scripture; FOUR: Scholasticism and the Transformation of Angelology; FIVE: The Angelic Nature in the Thirteenth Century: The Flowering of Medieval Angelology; SIX: Monks and Mendicants; SEVEN: Franciscan Angelology and the Crises of the Franciscan Order; EIGHT: Birth, Maturation, and the Regular Religious Practices of Adults.