Elf queens and holy friars : fairy beliefs and the medieval church /

"Taking as his starting point the assumption that the major cultural gulf in the Middle Ages was less between the wealthy and the poor than between the learned and the lay, Green explores the church's systematic demonization of fairies and infernalization of fairyland. He argues that when...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Green, Richard Firth, 1943- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Colección:Middle Ages series.
Temas:
To 1500
Fairies > Europe > History > To 1500.
Christianity and culture > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Folk religion > Relations > Europe > Christianity.
Christianity and other religions > Europe > Folk religion.
Folklore > Europe.
Literature, Medieval > History and criticism.
Littérature médiévale > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
RELIGION > Christian Church > History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Literature, Medieval
Folklore
Christianity
Christianity and culture > Middle Ages
Fairies
Religion
Europe
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Believing in fairies
  • Policing vernacular belief
  • Incubi fairies
  • Christ the changeling
  • Living in fairyland

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