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Author:   Richard Matthew Pollard (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 23.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 15.00cm
Weight:   0.690kg
ISBN:  

9781107177918

ISBN 10:   110717791
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   17 December 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface; List of abbreviations; List of figures; 1. Introduction Richard M. Pollard; Part I. Chronological Surveys: 2. Just deserts in the ancient pagan afterlife Susanna Braund and Emma Hilliard; 3. Visions of the afterlife in the early medieval west Yitzhak Hen; 4. A Morbid efflorescence: envisaging the afterlife in the Carolingian period Richard M. Pollard; 5. The afterlife in the medieval Celtic-speaking world Elizabeth Boyle; 6. Anglo-Saxon visions of heaven and hell Gernot Wieland; 7. Otherworld journeys of the central middle ages Carl Watkins; 8. Visions of the otherworlds in the late middle ages, c.1300–c.1500 Gwenfair Walters Adams; Part II. Theological Perspectives: 9. Purgatory's intercessors Isabel Moreira; 10. The theology of the afterlife in the early middle ages, c.600–c.1100 Helen Foxhall Forbes; 11. Afterdeath locations and return appearances, from scripture to Shakespeare Henry Ansgar Kelly; Part III. Artistic Impressions: 12. 'Eye hath not seen [...] which things God hath prepared [...] ': imagining heaven and hell in Romanesque and Gothic art Adam R. Stead; Part IV. Notable Authors and Texts; 13. Visions and the afterlife in Gregory's dialogues Jesse Keskiaho; 14. The vision of Tnugdal Eileen Gardiner; 15. The afterlife in the visionary experiences of the female mystics Debra L. Stoudt; 16. Dante's other-worldly surprises and this-worldly polemic George Corbett; Cumulative bibliography.

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'Imagining the Medieval Afterlife presents an important attempt to offer an overview of medieval visions of the otherworld. In an impressive way, many of the chapters expand on and complement each other. In dialogue, these chapters give insight into various aspects of images of afterlife in the Christian Middle Ages, offering a comprehensive view while repeatedly pointing out that no conclusive findings can be drawn in such a limited space. The coherence and consistency of the articles, which combine both recent scholarship as well as many canonical sources, makes the volume easily accessible and establishes a very valuable resource for research as well as teaching.' Annegret Oehme, Zeitschrift fur interkulturelle Germanistik (ZIG)

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Richard Matthew Pollard studied at Toronto and then Cambridge, and his doctoral thesis won the 2010 Leonard Boyle prize. Aside from numerous articles and chapters, he completed the first new edition of the Latin version of Josephus' Antiquities since 1524 and is preparing a new critical edition of the Visio Wettini.

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