Apparitions in Late Medieval and Renaissance Spain  -  William A., Jr. Christian

KORTE INHOUD

To study the medieval roots of the experience of apparitions, William Christian analyzes direct accounts of appearances of Mary and other saints in rural Spain from 1399 to 1523. Drawing on verbatim testimony from children, farmers, shepherds, and servants, in addition to his own visits to the villages and his presence at a number of contemporary visions, he reveals people's experience of both the world of daily life and the world of images in their minds. Using notarized investigations of the apparitions b...
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1989 Uitgever: Princeton University Press 368 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0691008264 ISBN-13: 9780691008264