Paganism in the Middle Ages : Threat and Fascination
In this volume the persistence, resurgence, threat, fascination, and repression of various forms of pagan culture are studied in an interdisciplinary perspective from late antiquity to the emergent Renaissance. Contributions deal with the survival of pagan beliefs and practices, as well as with the...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Leuven : Leuven University Press,
2013
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| Schlagworte: | Paganism Paganism ; History Electronic books Europa Heidentum Geschichte 500-1500 |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (264 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | In this volume the persistence, resurgence, threat, fascination, and repression of various forms of pagan culture are studied in an interdisciplinary perspective from late antiquity to the emergent Renaissance. Contributions deal with the survival of pagan beliefs and practices, as well as with the Christianization of pagan rural populations or with the different strategies of oppression of pagan beliefs. The authors examine problems raised by the encounter with pagan cultures outside the Muslim world and show how philosophers contrived to 'save' the great philosophers and poets from ancient culture notwithstanding their paganism. The contributors also study the fascination of classic 'pagan' culture among friars during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and the imitation of pagan models of virtue and mythology in Renaissance poetry. Intro -- Paganism in the Middle Ages -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Spooky Heritage of ancient Paganisms -- 1. Starting with the Heimskringla Saga -- 2. Omnipresence of pagan Reminiscences -- 3. Filling the Gaps -- 4. Essence and Representation of God and Spirits -- 5. Intermediaries -- 6. Taboo -- 7. Objects -- a. Amulets, Charms -- b. Potions and Food -- 8. Beliefs -- a. Signs and Gestures -- b. Horoscope and Astrology -- 9. Rituals -- a. Prayers, Curses, Spells -- b. Magic -- 10. Conclusion -- De-Paganizing Philosophy -- Christians in Search of a Philosophy -- Platonism at the Defence of Pagan Religion -- The Liberation of Philosophy from Paganism or a Worse form of Slavery? -- Augustine's Ideal of the Unity of True Philosophy and True Religion -- Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy -- Eriugena on the Identity of True Philosophy and True Religion -- A Problem of Paganism -- Albertus Magnus Über Die Philosophi Theologizungen Und Die Natürlichen Voraussetzungen Postmortaler Glückseigkeit: Versuch Einer Bestandsaufnahme -- I -- II -- III -- Le Chieval Dans Les Croyances Germaniques Entre Paganisme et Christianisme -- I. Le Cheval Dans La Religion Germanique Ancienne -- II. Qu'est-ce Que Le Passage au Christianisme a Changé? -- Eléments De Rupture -- A. La Disparition De L'offrande Funéraire Du Cheval -- B. Les Conflits Autour Du Sacrifice Du Cheval En Scandinavie à La Fin Du Paganisme -- Formes de Continuité -- A. Le Cheval Est Resté Présent Dans La Liturgie Et La Lrédication Chrétiennes -- B. La Permanence De Certaines Pratiques -- C. Des Rites Clandestins -- Des Pratiques Sacrificielles Secrètes -- La Symbolique Du Cheval Dans La Magie Médiévale -- Martyrs, Relics and Holy Places: The Christanization of the Countryside in the Archdiocese of Rheims during the Merovingian Period. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes index |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (264 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9789461661173 9461661177 9789058679338 9058679330 |