The English Ars Moriendi
During a period when death was an ever-present reality, the tradition of the ars moriendi provided instructions on how one must prepare for God's inevitable judgement. While examples of the tradition are found in virtually every European language, the ars moriendi in English comprises a strikingly rich corpus of literature that provides remarkable insight into the religious concerns of those living between the fifteenth century and the end of the seventeenth. This book collects together for the first time representative texts from the traditon of the English ars moriendi, chosen because they reflect the religious and literary developments of…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-8204-1903-9
- EAN: 9780820419039
- Produktnummer: 35442563
- Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1992
- Seitenangabe: 387 S.
- Masse: 720 g
- Auflage: Annotated ed
- Gewicht: 720
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
Über den Autor
The Author: David W. Atkinson is Professor of Religious Studies and Dean of Arts and Science at the University of Saskatchewan. For many years, he has worked in the area of religion and literature, and has taught and published widely on both castern and western religions. Along with numerous articles, his publications include Tagote and Gandhi: Visionaries of Modern India, and The Selected Sermons of Zachary Boyd.
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