The natural and the supernatural in the Middle Ages : the Wiles lectures given at the Queen's University of Belfast, 2006 / Robert Bartlett.
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2008.
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| Series: | Wiles lectures ;
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| Format: | Book |
| Summary: | "How did people of the mediaeval period explain physical phenomena, such as eclipses or the distribution of land and water on the globe? What creatures did they think they might encounter: angels, devils, witches, dog-headed people? This book explores the ways in which mediaeval people categorized the world, concentrating on the division between the natural and the supernatural and showing how the idea of the supernatural came to be invented in the Middle Ages." "Robert Bartlett examines how theologians and others sought to draw lines between the natural, the miraculous, the marvelous, and the monstrous and the many conceptual problems they encountered as they did so. The final chapter explores the extraordinary thought-world of Roger Bacon as a case study exemplifying these issues. By recovering the mentalities of mediaeval writers and thinkers, the book raises the critical question of how we deal with beliefs we no longer share."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 170 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Notes: | Bib#: 1117056 |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-164) and index. |
| Series: | The Wiles lectures ;
2006 |
| Language: | English |
| ISBN: | 9780521878326 (hardback) 0521878322 (hardback) 9780521702553 (pbk.) 0521702550 (pbk.) |
| Bib#: | 1117056 |
