Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
The Birth of Purgatory
Translated from the French by Arthur Goldhammer
A study of the belief in an intermediate place between Heaven and Hell during the Middle Ages. Le Goff brings to this important study his customary breadth of vision, using sources that range from anthropology to poetry, and recreating the texture of an age.
| Author: | Jacques Le Goff |
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| Translator: | Arthur Goldhammer |
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Scolar Press,
London,
1984
Scolar Press, London, 1990 |
| Total Pages: | ix-430 |
| Format: | Book |
| Topic: | -
Doctrine
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Eschatology, State of Man After Death
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[Purgatoire]
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| Status: | Needs Review |
| Summary: | A study of the belief in an intermediate place between Heaven and Hell during the Middle Ages. Le Goff brings to this important study his customary breadth of vision, using sources that range from anthropology to poetry, and recreating the texture of an age. |
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