Holy Monsters Sacred Grotesques
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Holy Monsters Sacred Grotesques
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Author : Michael E. Heyes
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2018-08-10
Holy Monsters Sacred Grotesques written by Michael E. Heyes and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-10 with Religion categories.
This book explores the intersection of religion and monstrosity. The first section contains fresh research on the Middle Ages and Early Modern period, and the second explores the topic of religion and monstrosity from the Early Modern to Modern period.
Margaret S Monsters
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Author : Michael E. Heyes
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-12-06
Margaret S Monsters written by Michael E. Heyes and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-06 with History categories.
St. Margaret of Antioch was one of the most popular saints in medieval England and, throughout the Middle Ages, the various Lives of St. Margaret functioned as a blueprint for a virginal life and supernatural assistance to pregnant women during the dangerous process of labor. In her narrative, Margaret is accosted by various demons and, having defeated each monster in turn, she is taken to the place of her martyrdom where she prays for supernatural boons for her adherents. This book argues that Margaret’s monsters are a key element in understanding Margaret’s importance to her adherents, specifically how the sexual identities of her adherents were constructed and maintained. More broadly, this study offers three major contributions to the field of medieval studies: first, it argues for the utility of a diachronic analysis of Saints’ Lives literature in a field dominated by synchronic analyses; second, this diachronic analysis is important to interpreting the intertext of Saints’ Lives, not only between different Lives but also different versions of the same Life; and third, the approach further suggests that the most valuable socio-cultural information in hagiographic literature is found in the auxiliary characters and not in the figure of the saint him/herself.
The Knight The Cross And The Song
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Author : Stefan Vander Elst
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2017-04-03
The Knight The Cross And The Song written by Stefan Vander Elst and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-03 with History categories.
Examining English, Latin, French, and German texts, The Knight, the Cross, and the Song traces the role of secular chivalric literature in shaping Crusade propaganda across three centuries.
Imagined Romes
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Author : C. David Benson
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2019-05-10
Imagined Romes written by C. David Benson 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 2019-05-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
This volume explores the conflicting representations of ancient Rome—one of the most important European cities in the medieval imagination—in late Middle English poetry. Once the capital of a great pagan empire whose ruined monuments still inspired awe in the Middle Ages, Rome, the seat of the pope, became a site of Christian pilgrimage owing to the fame of its early martyrs, whose relics sanctified the city and whose help was sought by pilgrims to their shrines. C. David Benson analyzes the variety of ways that Rome and its citizens, both pre-Christian and Christian, are presented in a range of Middle English poems, from lesser-known, anonymous works to the poetry of Gower, Chaucer, Langland, and Lydgate. Benson discusses how these poets conceive of ancient Rome and its citizens—especially the women of Rome—as well as why this matters to their works. An insightful and innovative study, Imagined Romes addresses a crucial lacuna in the scholarship of Rome in the medieval imaginary and provides fresh perspectives on the work of four of the most prominent Middle English poets.
Religion Culture And The Monstrous
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Author : Joseph P. Laycock
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2021-02-15
Religion Culture And The Monstrous written by Joseph P. Laycock and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-15 with Religion categories.
Religion, Culture, and the Monstrous: Of Gods and Monsters explores the intersection of the emerging field of “monster theory” within religious studies. With case studies from ancient Mesopotamia to contemporary valleys of the Himalayas to ghost tours in Savannah, Georgia, the volume examines the variegated nature of the monstrous as well as the cultural functions of monsters in shaping how we see the world and ourselves. In this, the authors constructively assess the state of the two fields of monster theory and religious studies, and propose new directions in how these fields can inform each other. The case studies included illuminate the ways in which monsters reinforce the categories through which a given culture sees the world. At the same time, the volume points to how monsters appear to question, disrupt, or challenge those categories, creating an ‘unsettling’ or surplus of meaning.
Through A Glass Darkly
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Author : Donald L. Berry
language : en
Publisher: University Press of America
Release Date : 2006
Through A Glass Darkly written by Donald L. Berry and has been published by University Press of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Religion categories.
The origin, basic texts, central affirmations, and life-policy proposals of the Christian tradition are more ambiguous than either Christianity's critics or advocates often acknowledge. Through a Glass Darkly considers how one might grant authority to the biblical texts without regarding them as inerrant or infallibly true.
The Grotesque In Church Art
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Author : T. Tindall Wildridge
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-11-22
The Grotesque In Church Art written by T. Tindall Wildridge and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-22 with Art categories.
This is an insightful work on church designs. The writer presents a fresh perspective on the subject by shedding light on the odd and absurd side of church art. Excerpt "The designs of which this book treats have vast fields outside the English church works to which it has been thought good to limit it. Books and buildings undoubtedly mutually interchanged some forms of their ornaments, yet the temple was the earlier repository of man's ideas expressed in art, and the proper home of the religious symbolism which forms so large a proportion of my subject."
Birdman Of Assisi
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Author : Jaime Lara
language : en
Publisher: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS)
Release Date : 2016
Birdman Of Assisi written by Jaime Lara and has been published by Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Apocalyptic art categories.
This volume examines images and beliefs related to birdmen among Incas and other peoples of South America, and the transformation of that phenomena in the colonial era by Christian missionaries. The author brings to light previously-unknown images of Saint Francis of Assisi with wings, flying through the air as a militant angel of the Apocalypse. Although commissioned by the Franciscan friars, these works of painting and sculpture were executed by native artists with native sensibilities. They reveal a social critique of colonial society, an expectation of an approaching end of the world, and a controversial role for Francis of Assisi at a final cosmic battle. Natural catastrophes, such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, combined with mythology, prophecy, piety and public performance, assert a "Franciscan exceptionalism" at a crucial time in Latin American history. A side trip to colonial Mexico reveals that similar dynamics were occurring there, but with different artistic solutions. Birdman of Assisi documents how a beloved medieval saint gained new life among Incas and other native civilizations of the Americas, and continues to fascinate their descendants today.
The Encyclopedia Of Christian Literature
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Author : George Thomas Kurian
language : en
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Release Date : 2010-04-16
The Encyclopedia Of Christian Literature written by George Thomas Kurian and has been published by Scarecrow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-16 with Religion categories.
Covering 2,000 years, this two-volume set is the first encyclopedia devoted to Christian writers and books. In addition to an overview of the Christian literature, this encyclopedia includes more than 40 essays on the principal genres of Christian literature and more than 400 bio-bibliographical essays describing the principal writers and their works.
Nightmares With The Bible
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Author : Steve A Wiggins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-11
Nightmares With The Bible written by Steve A Wiggins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11 with categories.
"Demons, as viewed through popular culture and history, are nightmares. This book considers demonic possession both historically and through the lenses of several popular movies that focus on exorcism"--