Conversations with Angels
Essays Towards a History of Spiritual Communication, 1100-1700
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, History, Criticism, & Surveys, European General
| Author: | ISBN: | 9780230316973 | |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | August 9, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9780230316973 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | August 9, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
