Natural and Supernatural in Early Medieval...

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Beschreibung

When men and women in early medieval England thought about the world around them, they did so in ways that often strike us as strange. In their surviving writings, we are confronted continually with unfamiliar ideas - about the creatures and beings which populated the world, about the forces and phenomena which shaped it, and about the ways in which human beings might enact change upon it through ritual, magic, and prayer. Although unfamiliar, these ideas give us important indications of how early medieval English thinkers characterized and categorized their surroundings and their experiences. Of substantial interest to many of them was the question of how they might distinguish correctly between what was 'natural' in the world, and what was not. This Element examines what that distinction meant to the inhabitants of early medieval England, and under what circumstances they felt compelled to explore it.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Creatures and beings; 2. Properties and processes; 3. Acts and expectations; Final thoughts; Bibliography.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2025
Fachbereich:	Regionalgeschichte
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781009175449
ISBN-10:	1009175440
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Sowerby, Richard
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 5 mm
Von/Mit:	Richard Sowerby
Erscheinungsdatum:	06.05.2025
Gewicht:	0,131 kg