Imagining Heaven in the Middle Ages
Subtitle: A Book of Essays (Garland Medieval Casebooks)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: February 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780815331216
Subjects: Christian theology; History of religion; Nature & existence of God; Medieval Philosophy; History - General History; Philosophy; Medieval Church (476-1517); Literature: Classics; Medieval; History of doctrines; Christian Theology - Eschatology; History; Literary Criticism & Collections / General; Middle Ages, 600-1500; Eschatology; History & Surveys - Medieval; Christianity; Heaven; Hemel.; gtt
First sentence: In reading the religious literature of the Middle Ages, especially visionary literature with its focus on a world beyond time and the earthly body, one might not expect to find descriptions of the five physical senses.