medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Hello Meg,
Jacques Le Goff's The Birth of Purgatory has quite a bit of background
on that very question. There may well be something, as well, in
Philippe Aries, The Hour of Our Death. Both are available in English
translations, and there is lots of documentation and references.
Cheers,
Jim
On 31/01/2011 4:17 PM, Cormack, Margaret Jean wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Hi,
> I wonder if the learned list-members could point me in the direction of early discussions of the afterlife in the first 4 centuries of Christianity, or subsequently in eastern traditions? I´m examining western medieval concepts of the immediate (and not so immediate) fate of the soul, and would like directions to primary sources (or good secondary ones) on this topic in English. I know there are
> histories of heaven and hell out there, I´d actually like to find something that deals with both options, and /or other possibilities, especially in the eastern churches, but I don´t read Greek.
> Meg
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