The Medieval Imagination

The Medieval Imagination
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 308
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ISBN-10 : 0226470857
ISBN-13 : 9780226470856
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Download or read book The Medieval Imagination written by Jacques Le Goff and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1992-12-15 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To write this history of the imagination, Le Goff has recreated the mental structures of medieval men and women by analyzing the images of man as microcosm and the Church as mystical body; the symbols of power such as flags and oriflammes; and the contradictory world of dreams, marvels, devils, and wild forests. "Le Goff is one of the most distinguished of the French medieval historians of his generation . . . he has exercised immense influence."—Maurice Keen, New York Review of Books "The whole book turns on a fascinating blend of the brutally materialistic and the generously imaginative."—Tom Shippey, London Review of Books "The richness, imaginativeness and sheer learning of Le Goff's work . . . demand to be experienced."—M. T. Clanchy, Times Literary Supplement


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