The Pagan Middle Ages

Erscheinungsjahr 1991
ISBN: 978-0-85115-638-5
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

Evidence for the survival of paganism in the medieval world.

Many aspects of the pagan past continued to survive into the middle ages despite the introduction of Christianity, influencing forms of behaviour and the whole mentalitéof the period. The essays collected in this stimulating volume seek to explore aspects of the way paganism mingled with Christian teaching to affect many different aspects of medieval society, through a focus on such topics as archaeology, the afterlife and sexuality, scientific knowledge, and visionary activity. Tr. TANIS GUEST.Professor LUDO J.R. MILIS teaches at the University of Ghent.Contributors: LUDO J.R. MILIS, MARTINE DE REU, ALAIN DIERKENS, CHRISTOPHE LEBBE, ANNICK WAEGEMAN, VÉRONIQUE CHARON

Autoren/Hrsg.

Milis, Ludo J R

Weitere Mitwirkende

Guest, Tanis

Dierkens, A

Dierkens, Alain

Waegeman, Annick

Lebbe, Christophe

Milis, Ludo

Reu, Martine De

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religionen der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Pagan Middle Ages - A contradiction in terms? - Ludo Milis
The missionaries: the first contact between paganism and christianity - Martine De Reu
`The evidence of archaeology'. - A Dierkens
The evidence of archaeology - Alain Dierkens
The shadow realm between life and death - Christophe Lebbe
The medieval sybil - Annick Waegeman
The knowledge of herbs -

Purity, sex and sin - Ludo Milis
Conclusion: the role of pagan survivals - Ludo Milis