| 'You Shall Surely Not Die' (2 Vols.): The Concepts of Sin and Death as Expressed in the Manuscript Art of Northwestern Europe, C.800-1200 Contributor(s): Bradley, Jill (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004169105 ISBN-13: 9789004169104 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $254.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - Religion | Christian Theology - Eschatology - Literary Criticism |
| Dewey: 236.109 |
| LCCN: 2008015352 |
| Series: Library of the Written Word / Library of the Written Word - |
| Physical Information: 396 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The period 800-1200 saw many changes in attitude towards death, sin and salvation. Visual sources can provide a valuable complement to written sources, often modifying or adding another dimension to what scholars and theologians expressed in words. Taking miniatures showing the Fall of Man and those with personifications of death, this study looks at the ideas they express and the relationship between them. It examines both the general tendencies and specific manuscripts, relating them to their contexts and to the writings of the time. This book shows the shifts in ideas as to what constitutes sin, the merging of eschatological death with sin and a new emphasis on physical death, thereby giving new insights into medieval thought and culture. |