Author: William Harry RylandsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Block books
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
The Ars Moriendi (editio Princeps, Circa 1450)
Author: William Harry RylandsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Block books
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
The Ars moriendi, editio princeps, circa 1450, a reprod. of the copy in the Brit. mus. ed. by W.H. Rylands
Author: Ars moriendi A.Trübner & Co.'s Monthly List
Author: Catalogue of Works on Natural History, Physics, Mathematics, and Other Sciences
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
A General Catalog of Books Offered to the Public at the Affixed Prices
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Booksellers'
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Sale Catalogues
Author: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1254
Book Description
Transactions
Author: Royal Institution of Chartered SurveyorsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Death in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times
Author: Albrecht ClassenPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110436973
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Death is not only the final moment of life, it also casts a huge shadow on human society at large. People throughout time have had to cope with death as an existential experience, and this also, of course, in the premodern world. The contributors to the present volume examine the material and spiritual conditions of the culture of death, studying specific buildings and spaces, literary works and art objects, theatrical performances, and medical tracts from the early Middle Ages to the late eighteenth century. Death has always evoked fear, terror, and awe, it has puzzled and troubled people, forcing theologians and philosophers to respond and provide answers for questions that seem to evade real explanations. The more we learn about the culture of death, the more we can comprehend the culture of life. As this volume demonstrates, the approaches to death varied widely, also in the Middle Ages and the early modern age. This volume hence adds a significant number of new facets to the critical examination of this ever-present phenomenon of death, exploring poetic responses to the Black Death, types of execution of a female murderess, death as the springboard for major political changes, and death reflected in morality plays and art.
The Last Pilgrimage to Eternity
Author: Cyril L. CasparPublisher: transcript Verlag
ISBN: 3839442540
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
With the advent of the reformation, concepts of living and dying were profoundly reconfigured. As purgatory disappeared from the spiritual landscape, other paths to the afterlife were rediscovered. Thus, when life draws to a close, the passage to the afterlife becomes a last pilgrimage, a popular early modern metaphor that has received little critical commentary. In a rigorous historical and theological reading, Cyril L. Caspar explores five major English poets - John Donne, Sir Walter Raleigh, George Herbert, Edmund Spenser, and John Milton - to unveil the poetical potential of the last pilgrimage as a life-transcending metaphor.
Catalogue of the Private Library of Mr. George S. Davis
Author: George S. DavisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description