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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451118803321

Titolo

Sacred and secular in medieval and early modern cultures [[electronic resource] ] : new essays / / edited by Lawrence Besserman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

ISBN

1-281-36364-2

9786611363642

1-4039-7727-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVIII, 238 p.)

Collana

New Middle Ages

Altri autori (Persone)

BessermanLawrence L. <1945->

Disciplina

940.1

Soggetti

Civilization, Medieval

Literature, Medieval - History and criticism

Secularism in literature

Holy, The, in literature

Christianity in literature

Church and state - Europe - History - To 1500

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book illuminates the pervasive interplay of 'sacred' and 'secular' phenomena in the literature, history, politics, and religion of the Middle Ages and Early Modern periods. The essays gathered here constitute a new way of applying a classic dichotomy to major cultural phenomena of the pre-modern era.