Angels in Early Medieval England /
In the modern world, angels can often seem to be no more than a symbol, but in the Middle Ages men and women thought differently. Some offered prayers intended to secure the angelic assistance for the living and the dead; others erected stone monuments carved with images of winged figures; and still...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Oxford University Press,
2016.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Oxford theology and religion monographs.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Angels in Early Medieval England; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations and Short Titles; Introduction; Part I: Past Opinions; 1: Filling the Silence of the Bible; IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE FATHERS?; THINKING ABOUT ANGELS IN AN AGE OF REFORM; 2: The Meanings of Angels; FINDING MEANING IN ANGLO-SAXON STONE SCULPTURE; LIVING THE VITA ANGELICA; THE LOSS OF PERFECTION; Part II: Unseen Worlds; 3: The Changing Fortunes of the Guardian Angel; THE SAVED AND THE DAMNED; THE TWO SPIRITS; INCONSTANCY; 4: The Rules of the Otherworld; BREAKING THE RULES OF DEATH
- THE ROAD OUT OF LIFETHE CHOSEN FEW; THE SILENT UNDERTAKERS; Part III: Losing Beliefs; 5: The Servants of the Saints; THE PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS OF ANGELSAND HOLY MEN; THE BURDEN OF PROOF; THE RHYTHM OF THE SAINTS; 6: Prayer, Benediction, and the Edges of Beliefs; THE APPEARANCE OF UNORTHODOXY; NAMES FROM THE PAST; THE EFFECTS OF LITURGICAL PRAYER; Postscript; Bibliography; Manuscripts; Printed Primary Sources; Secondary Works; Unpublished Theses; Index