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Angels & angelology in the Middle Ages /

Keck, David, 1965-

Angels & angelology in the Middle Ages / David Keck. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1998. - 1 online resource (x, 260 pages) : illustrations - - OUP E-Books. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-254) and indexes.

Introduction: The Plenitude of Medieval Angelology; ONE: The Length of Scripture 1: Sacred History and the Creation; TWO: The Length of Scripture 2: Angels, Israel, and the Church; THREE: The Depth and Height of Scripture; FOUR: Scholasticism and the Transformation of Angelology; FIVE: The Angelic Nature in the Thirteenth Century: The Flowering of Medieval Angelology; SIX: Monks and Mendicants; SEVEN: Franciscan Angelology and the Crises of the Franciscan Order; EIGHT: Birth, Maturation, and the Regular Religious Practices of Adults.

Angels have made a remarkable comeback in the popular imagination; their real heyday, however, was the Middle Ages. This text offers a study of angels and angelology in the Middle Ages, seeking to discover how and why angels became so important in medieval society.

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600-1500


Angels--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Angels--Cult.
RELIGION--Christian Theology--Angelology & Demonology.
Angels--Cult.
Engelen.


Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

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