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1 online resource (x, 260 pages) : illustrations |
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OUP E-Books
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Contents |
Introduction: The Plenitude of Medieval Angelology; ONE: The Length of Scripture 1: Sacred History and the Creation; TWO: The Length of Scripture 2: Angels, Israel, and the Church; THREE: The Depth and Height of Scripture; FOUR: Scholasticism and the Transformation of Angelology; FIVE: The Angelic Nature in the Thirteenth Century: The Flowering of Medieval Angelology; SIX: Monks and Mendicants; SEVEN: Franciscan Angelology and the Crises of the Franciscan Order; EIGHT: Birth, Maturation, and the Regular Religious Practices of Adults |
Summary |
Angels have made a remarkable comeback in the popular imagination; their real heyday, however, was the Middle Ages. This text offers a study of angels and angelology in the Middle Ages, seeking to discover how and why angels became so important in medieval society |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-254) and indexes |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Angels -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Angels -- Cult.
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Angelology & Demonology.
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Angels -- Cult
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Engelen.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
0585182760 |
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9780585182766 |
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0195354966 |
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9780195354966 |
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9780195110975 |
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0195110978 |
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1280453370 |
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9781280453373 |
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9786610453375 |
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6610453373 |
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