Isabel Moreira

Heaven's Purge

Purgatory in Late Antiquity

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Produktbeschreibung

This book traces purgatory's roots in the texts and debates of late antiquity. Illuminating the varied perspectives on post-mortem purgation in late antiquity, Moreira challenges the conclusions of recent scholarship through an examination of the texts, communities and cultural ideas that informed purgatory's early history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 630g
• ISBN-13: 9780199736041
• ISBN-10: 0199736049
• Artikelnr.: 48467285

Autorenporträt

Isabel Moreira is Associate Professor of History, University of Utah

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Purgatory in Late Antiquity
1.: Purgatory in Early Christian and Patristic Thought
2.: Of Sons and Slaves: Violence and Correction in the Afterlife
3.: O Purgatorium Caeleste!: Purging Body and Soul at St. Martin's Shrine
4.: Purgation in the Sixth and Seventh Centuries
5.: Purgatory, Penitentials, and the Irish Question
6.: Purgatory in Bede and Boniface
7.: Missionary Eschatology and the Politics of Certainty
8.: Barbarians, Law Codes, and Purgatory
Conclusion