The Theophilus legend in medieval text and image /
The legend of Theophilus stages an iconic medieval story, its widespread popularity attesting to its grip on the imagination. A pious clerk refuses a promotion, is demoted, becomes furious and makes a contract with the Devil. Later repentant, he seeks out a church and a statue of the Virgin; she app...
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| Typ dokumentu: | Kniha |
| Jazyk: | Angličtina |
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Cambridge :
D.S. Brewer,
2017
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| Vydání: | First published |
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Theophilus legend in medieval text and image |
Obsah:
- 1 Homage to the Devil: ritual, writing, seal
- 2 The self as dissemblance
- 3 Intervention of the Virgin
- 4 Sacramental action and Neoplatonic exemplarism