Heaven's purge : purgatory in late antiquity / / Isabel Moreira
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Moreira Isabel
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| Titolo: |
Heaven's purge : purgatory in late antiquity / / Isabel Moreira
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2010 |
| ©2010 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 236/.509015 |
| Soggetto topico: | Purgatory - History of doctrines - Early church, ca. 30-600 |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; Introduction: Purgatory in Late Antiquity; 1. Purgatory in Early Christian and Patristic Thought; 2. Of Sons and Slaves: Violence and Correction in the Afterlife; 3. O Purgatorium Caeleste!: Purging Body and Soul at St. Martin's Shrine; 4. Purgation in the Sixth and Seventh Centuries; 5. Purgatory, Penitentials, and the Irish Question; 6. Purgatory in Bede and Boniface; 7. Missionary Eschatology and the Politics of Certainty; 8. Barbarians, Law Codes, and Purgatory; Conclusion; Notes; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T |
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| Sommario/riassunto: | This book traces purgatory's roots in the texts and debates of late antiquity. Illuminating the varied perspectives on post-mortem purgation in late antiquity, Moreira challenges the conclusions of recent scholarship through an examination of the texts, communities and cultural ideas that informed purgatory's early history. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Heaven's purge |
| ISBN: | 0-19-937501-1 |
| 0-19-973604-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910817278003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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