Religious Visions: The Development of the Eschatological Elements in Mediaeval English Religious Literature |
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... materials belonging to visionary lore are largely used as illustrative matter in the religious writings that will be examined in the second part of the present work . CHAPTER I GENERAL VISIONARY LITERATURE The literature of most European.
... materials belonging to visionary lore are largely used as illustrative matter in the religious writings that will be examined in the second part of the present work . CHAPTER I GENERAL VISIONARY LITERATURE The literature of most European.
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... present subject . 2 After the settlement of the Saxon tribes in England these poetical traditions were continued . The advent of Christianity , however , gave a new impulse to the poetical inspirations of the Anglo - Saxons and led it ...
... present subject . 2 After the settlement of the Saxon tribes in England these poetical traditions were continued . The advent of Christianity , however , gave a new impulse to the poetical inspirations of the Anglo - Saxons and led it ...
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... present subject ) . Moral pains ( sorrow , mutual hate , sight of others being tormented ) occur side by side with physical pains ( beating , swallowing and vomiting by devils , gnawing by toads and frogs ) and unpleasant conditions in ...
... present subject ) . Moral pains ( sorrow , mutual hate , sight of others being tormented ) occur side by side with physical pains ( beating , swallowing and vomiting by devils , gnawing by toads and frogs ) and unpleasant conditions in ...
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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