Religious Visions: The Development of the Eschatological Elements in Mediaeval English Religious Literature |
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Page 87
... poetical traditions were continued . The advent of Christianity , however , gave a new impulse to the poetical inspirations of the Anglo - Saxons and led it into other channels . Though the old war - like spirit that is so predominant ...
... poetical traditions were continued . The advent of Christianity , however , gave a new impulse to the poetical inspirations of the Anglo - Saxons and led it into other channels . Though the old war - like spirit that is so predominant ...
Page 134
... poetical and prose writings of the A. S. period , it was advisable to discuss these two strata of A. S. literature separately . This method did not offer any serious difficulty owing to the limited mass of material that had to be ...
... poetical and prose writings of the A. S. period , it was advisable to discuss these two strata of A. S. literature separately . This method did not offer any serious difficulty owing to the limited mass of material that had to be ...
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... poetical development of the conflict between body and soul and the inquest immediately after death in English literature in the poem , published by Sir Thomas Phillipps ' from a number of loose parchment leaves , discovered in Worcester ...
... poetical development of the conflict between body and soul and the inquest immediately after death in English literature in the poem , published by Sir Thomas Phillipps ' from a number of loose parchment leaves , discovered in Worcester ...
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Aelfr Aeneid alms Alphabet angels Asin bad deeds Bede bið blessed Blickling Homilies bliss body body-soul burning butan Charles the Fat Christ Christian church cold Cursor Mundi damned day of Judgment death demons devils Dominica Doomsday Dryhthelm eall earth earthly eschatology eternal everlasting exempla exemplum fire flames friends Furseus Gesta Romanorum glory God's godes heavenly heora holy Homilies homilist intercession Jacob's Jesus joys of Heaven legend lived Lord mediaeval mercy Middle Ages Middle English monk night occurs Oenus pains of hell pains of purgatory Paradise penance Piers Plowman poem ponne prayed priest punishments purgatory righteous saints sawle sinners sins sorrow soul source mentioned spirit St Paul stench suffer Thespesius thou Thurcill told torments tortures Tundalus vide supra vision of St visionary literature wicked with-owtten worms writings Wulfstan þæs þæt þam þonne