Conversations with Angels
Author | : J. Raymond |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 647 |
Release | : 2011-08-09 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780230316973 |
ISBN-13 | : 0230316972 |
Rating | : 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Download or read book Conversations with Angels written by J. Raymond and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-08-09 with total page 647 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on refractions of earlier beliefs, modern angels - at once terrible and comforting, frighteningly other and reassuringly beneficent - have acquired a powerful symbolic value. This interdisciplinary study looks at how humans conversed with angels in medieval and early modern Europe, and how they explained and represented these conversations.