Ghosts In The Middle Ages
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Ghosts In The Middle Ages
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Author : Jean-Claude Schmitt
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1998
Ghosts In The Middle Ages written by Jean-Claude Schmitt and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Family & Relationships categories.
Using many different medieval texts, Schmitt examines medieval religious culture and the significance of the widespread belief in ghosts, asking who returned, to whom, from where, in what form, and why. Through this vivid study, we can see the ways in which the dead and the living related to each other. Schmitt focuses on everyday ghosts - recently departed ordinary people who were a part of the complex social world of the living. Schmitt argues that beliefs and the imaginary depend above all on the structures and functioning of society and culture, and he shows how the Christian culture of the Middle Ages enlarged the notion of ghosts and created many opportunities for the dead to appear. Schmitt also points out that the church happily proliferated ghost stories as a way to promote the liturgy of the dead, to develop pious sentiments among parishioners, and to solicit alms on behalf of a relative or friend's salvation.
Medieval Ghost Stories
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Author : Andrew Joynes
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2006
Medieval Ghost Stories written by Andrew Joynes and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"Medieval Ghost Stories" is a collection of ghostly occurrences from the eighth to the fourteenth centuries; they have been found in monastic chronicles and preaching manuals, in sagas and heroic poetry, and in medieval romances. In a religious age, the tales bore a peculiar freight of spooks and spirituality which can still make hair stand on end; unfailingly, these stories give a fascinating and moving glimpse into the medieval mind. Look only at the accounts of Richard Rowntree's stillborn child, glimpsed by his father tangled in swaddling clothes on the road to Santiago, or the sly habits of water sprites resting as goblets and golden rings on the surface of the river, just out of reach...
The Ghost Story From The Middle Ages To The 20th Century
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Author : Helen Conrad-O'Briain
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
The Ghost Story From The Middle Ages To The 20th Century written by Helen Conrad-O'Briain and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.
Beginning with the ghost story of popular report and following the form into print as the local expands to the global, these essays trace the movement from the almost palpable manifestations of traditional ghosts to the psychological terrors of the modern form.
Discerning Spirits
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Author : Nancy Caciola
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2006-07-13
Discerning Spirits written by Nancy Caciola and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-07-13 with History categories.
Possessed behaviors -- Ciphers -- Fallen women and fallen angels -- Breath, heart, bowels -- Exorcizing demonic disorder -- Testing spirits in the effeminate age
Ghosts Or The Nearly Invisible
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Author : Maria Fleischhack
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Release Date : 2016-07-22
Ghosts Or The Nearly Invisible written by Maria Fleischhack and has been published by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-22 with Literary Criticism categories.
This collection of articles looks at ghost stories ranging from the Middle Ages to contemporary movies from different perspectives, both interdisciplinary and international. Spectral phenomena from Antarctic literature to Haitian Voodoo, Russian poetry to Irish novels are discussed in relation to their places in history and the media.
The Tale Of The Tailor And The Three Dead Kings
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Author : Dan Jones
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2021-10-14
The Tale Of The Tailor And The Three Dead Kings written by Dan Jones and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-14 with Fiction categories.
A chilling medieval ghost story, retold by bestselling historian Dan Jones. Published in a beautiful small-format hardback, perfect as a Halloween read or a Christmas gift. One winter, in the dark days of King Richard II, a tailor was riding home on the road from Gilling to Ampleforth. It was dank, wet and gloomy; he couldn't wait to get home and sit in front of a blazing fire. Then, out of nowhere, the tailor is knocked off his horse by a raven, who then transforms into a hideous dog, his mouth writhing with its own innards. The dog issues the tailor with a warning: he must go to a priest and ask for absolution and return to the road, or else there will be consequences... First recorded in the early fifteenth century by an unknown monk, The Tale of the Tailor and the Three Dead Kings was transcribed from the Latin by the great medievalist M.R. James in 1922. Building on that tradition, now bestselling historian Dan Jones retells this medieval ghost story in crisp and creepy prose.
The Penguin Book Of The Undead
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Author : Scott G. Bruce
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2016-09-27
The Penguin Book Of The Undead written by Scott G. Bruce and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-27 with History categories.
The walking dead from 15 centuries haunt this compendium of ghostly visitations through the ages, exploring the history of our fascination with zombies and other restless souls. Since ancient times, accounts of supernatural activity have mystified us. Ghost stories as we know them did not develop until the late nineteenth century, but the restless dead haunted the premodern imagination in many forms, as recorded in historical narratives, theological texts, and personal letters. The Penguin Book of the Undead teems with roving hordes of dead warriors, corpses trailed by packs of barking dogs, moaning phantoms haunting deserted ruins, evil spirits emerging from burning carcasses in the form of crows, and zombies with pestilential breath. Spanning from the Hebrew scriptures to the Roman Empire, the Scandinavian sagas to medieval Europe, the Protestant Reformation to the Renaissance, this beguiling array of accounts charts our relationship with spirits and apparitions, wraiths and demons over fifteen hundred years, showing the evolution in our thinking about the ability of dead souls to return to the realm of the living—and to warn us about what awaits us in the afterlife. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
The Secret History Of Poltergeists And Haunted Houses
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Author : Claude Lecouteux
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2012-04-26
The Secret History Of Poltergeists And Haunted Houses written by Claude Lecouteux and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-26 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
What poltergeist accounts through the ages reveal about our own worldviews • Provides a wide array of case studies from ancient Greece and Rome to medieval Europe to the modern world • Explores the relationship between poltergeists and troubled adolescence • Looks beneath the Christian adulteration of pagan practices to reveal the hidden ancestral beliefs tied to poltergeists and haunted houses Stories of poltergeists and their mischievous and sometimes violent actions--knocking, stone or chair throwing, moving objects with invisible hands, and slamming or opening doors--are a constant through the ages. What changes is how we interpret this activity. For our pagan ancestors this phenomenon was caused by helper spirits whose manifestations revealed their unhappiness with a household. The medieval Christian church demonized these once helpful spirits and held exorcisms to expel them from the houses they haunted--which proved effective less than half the time. The Age of Enlightenment cast these incidents as clever hoaxes, and many still believe this today. But poltergeist manifestations continue to appear and often defy attempts to debunk them as pranks. What then is behind this phenomenon? Exploring accounts of poltergeists from ancient Greece and Rome, medieval Europe, and the modern world, Claude Lecouteux finds that while our interpretations of poltergeists may change, the manifestations always follow a similar course and evolution. He shows how modern scientific studies of poltergeist manifestations have found a strong tie between these visitations and the presence of a troubled adolescent in the house. Looking beneath the Christian adulteration of pagan practices to reveal the hidden ancestral beliefs tied to poltergeists and haunted houses, the author shows how these unhappy spirits serve as confirmation of the supernatural beings that share the earth with us and of our relationship with the natural and unseen world, a relationship we must take care to keep in balance.
Werewolves Witches And Wandering Spirits
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Author : Kathryn A. Edwards
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2002-11-01
Werewolves Witches And Wandering Spirits written by Kathryn A. Edwards and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-11-01 with Social Science categories.
Bringing together scholars from Europe, America, and Australia, this volume explores the more fantastic elements of popular religious belief: ghosts, werewolves, spiritualism, animism, and of course, witchcraft. These traditional religious beliefs and practices are frequently treated as marginal in more synthetic studies of witchcraft and popular religion, yet Protestants and Catholics alike saw ghosts, imps, werewolves, and other supernatural entities as populating their world. Embedded within notarial and trial records are accounts that reveal the integration of folkloric and theological elements in early modern spirituality. Drawing from extensive archival research, the contributors argue for the integration of such beliefs into our understanding of late medieval and early modern Europe.
Imagining The Medieval Afterlife
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Author : Richard Matthew Pollard
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-12-17
Imagining The Medieval Afterlife written by Richard Matthew Pollard and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-17 with Art categories.
A comprehensive, innovative study of how medieval people envisioned heaven, hell, and purgatory - images and imaginings that endure today.