Visions in Late Medieval England: Lay Spirituality and Sacred Glimpses of the Hidden Worlds of Faith
Author:   Gwenfair Walters Adams
Publisher:   Brill
Volume:   130
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9789004156067


Pages:   280
Publication Date:   23 February 2007
Format:   Hardback
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Visions in Late Medieval England: Lay Spirituality and Sacred Glimpses of the Hidden Worlds of Faith


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Visions were highly popular in the late Middle Ages, whether preached as vivid stories from the pulpit, illuminated in saint-filled manuscripts, or experienced during the breathless anticipation of a Mass or eerie darkness of a Yorkshire graveyard. This volume is the first to map out the wide range of vision types in late medieval English lay piety. Analyzing 1000 visionary accounts gathered from sermon and exempla collections, religious devotional works, saints’ legends, and lay stories, it explores five central dynamics of spirituality that visions shaped and sustained: Transactions of Satisfaction (visits to and from purgatory and hell), Reciprocated Devotion (visitations of the saints), Spiritual Warfare (attacks by demons), Supra-Sacramental Sight (Mass and Passion sightings), and Mediated Revelation (prophetic visions).

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Author:   Gwenfair Walters Adams
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   130
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.630kg
ISBN:  

9789004156067


ISBN 10:   9004156062
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   23 February 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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Preface Acknowlegdments Abbreviations Introduction 1. Transactions of Satisfaction and Visions of the Otherworld 2. Reciprocated Devotion and Visitations of the Saints 3. Spiritual Warfare in Demonic Encounters 4. Seeing Through the Surface: Vision as Supra-sacramental Sight 5. Visions, Power, and the Dynamic of Mediated Revelation Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index

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Gwenfair Walters Adams, Ph.D. (1993) in Medieval Ecclesiastical History, Cambridge University, is Associate Professor of Church History at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

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