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Conversations with Angels : Essays Towards a History of Spiritual Communication, 1100-1700 /

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Based on refractions of earlier beliefs, modern angels - at once terrible and comforting, frighteningly other and reassuringly beneficent - have acquired a powerful symbolic value. This interdisciplinary study looks at how humans conversed with angels in medieval and early modern Europe, and how the...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Raymond, Joad (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subjects:
History.
European History.
History of Medieval Europe.
History of Philosophy.
History of Religion.
Modern History.
Social History.
History, Modern.
Philosophy.
Religion > History.
Social history.
Europe > History-476-1492.
Europe > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Based on refractions of earlier beliefs, modern angels - at once terrible and comforting, frighteningly other and reassuringly beneficent - have acquired a powerful symbolic value. This interdisciplinary study looks at how humans conversed with angels in medieval and early modern Europe, and how they explained and represented these conversations.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XIII, 349 pages)
ISBN:9780230316973
DOI:10.1057/9780230316973