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The birth of Purgatory / Jacques Le Goff ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer.

By: Language: English Original language: French Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1984.Description: ix, 430 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0226470822
  • 9780226470825
  • 0226470830
  • 9780226470832
Uniform titles:
  • Naissance du Purgatoire. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 236/.5/09 19
LOC classification:
  • BT842 .L413 1984
Other classification:
  • 236.5
Contents:
The third place -- Part One: The hereafter before Purgatory -- Ancient imaginings -- The fathers of Purgatory -- The early Middle Ages: doctrinal stagnation and the riot of imagination -- Part Two: The twelfth century: the birth of Purgatory -- The century of the great advance -- The fire of Purgatory -- "Locus Purgatorius": a place for purgation -- Purgatory between Sicily and Ireland -- The logic of Purgatory -- Part Three: The triumph of Purgatory -- The scholastic systematization -- Social victory: Purgatory and the cure of souls -- The poetic triumph: The Divina Commedia -- Why Purgatory?
Summary: Noting that the doctrine of Purgatory does not appear in the Latin theology of the West before the late twelfth century, the author identifies the profound social and intellectual changes which caused its widespread acceptance.
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Translation of: La naissance du purgatoire.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Noting that the doctrine of Purgatory does not appear in the Latin theology of the West before the late twelfth century, the author identifies the profound social and intellectual changes which caused its widespread acceptance.

The third place -- Part One: The hereafter before Purgatory -- Ancient imaginings -- The fathers of Purgatory -- The early Middle Ages: doctrinal stagnation and the riot of imagination -- Part Two: The twelfth century: the birth of Purgatory -- The century of the great advance -- The fire of Purgatory -- "Locus Purgatorius": a place for purgation -- Purgatory between Sicily and Ireland -- The logic of Purgatory -- Part Three: The triumph of Purgatory -- The scholastic systematization -- Social victory: Purgatory and the cure of souls -- The poetic triumph: The Divina Commedia -- Why Purgatory?

Translation of: La naissance du purgatoire.

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