Visions of Heaven & Hell before Dante


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This essential and widely used collection of visions of heaven and hell, the first in English, presents new translations of two visions and newly edited versions of previously translated ones. Describes the place of these works in medieval literature and provides a helpful resource for studying elements of medieval religion. Includes: St. Peter's Apocalypse, St. Paul's Apocalypse, St. Brendan's Voyage, St. Patrick's Purgatory, and the Visions of Furseus, Drythelm, Wetti, Charles the Fat, Tundale, the Monk of Evesham, and Thurkill. Bibliography, index, glossary, notes, illustrated.

Author: Eileen Gardiner, Venerable Bede, Gregory the Great
Publisher: Italica Press
Published: 03/22/2009
Pages: 318
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.71d
ISBN13: 9780934977142
ISBN10: 0934977143
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christianity | History
- History | Europe | Medieval
- Literary Criticism | Medieval

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