Description |
1 online resource (lii, 562 pages) illustrations |
Contents |
Chronology of non-Wycliffite cases of heresy and realated events in post-conquest Enngland and Ireland, with other relevant dates -- A word about intellectual freedom and intolerable tolerances in schism England -- Introduction -- Silencing optimism : the criminalizing of alternative salvation histories -- "Through the hiding of books" : the codicological evidence for Joachite Franciscanism and censorship in England before and after Wyclif -- Two thirteenth century condemned books and their revival : Amourian eschatology, antimendicant polemic, and Ricardian literature, 1358-89 -- "Extra fidem scripture" : attitudes toward non-biblical vision in Great Schism England and the vogue for Hildegardiana -- Visions from prison : intellectual freedom and the gift of "intellectus spiritualis" -- Urban devotion and female preaching : constraint and encouragement in England and abroad -- The M.N. glosses to Porete's Mirror and the question of insular suspicion -- Forensic vision and intellectual vision : Julian's self-censorship and books of Carthusian transmission -- Two Oxford professors under inquisition I : Ockham, radical salvation theology, and the "creation of doubt" in Langland and Chaucer -- Two Oxford professors under inquisition II : Uthred de Boldon's Visio Clara, Langland, and liberal salvation theology |
Summary |
Examining the censorship issues that propelled the major writers of the period toward their massive use of visionary genres, this book examines controversial ideas as diverse as the early experimental humanism of Chaucer, censured beatific vision theology and the breakdown of Langland's 'A Text' |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 502-532) and index |
Notes |
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Private revelations.
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Visions in literature.
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Censorship.
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Christian literature, English (Middle)
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Christian literature -- History and criticism
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Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
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Censorship
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Christian literature
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Christian literature, English (Middle)
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Church history -- Middle Ages
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Private revelations
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Visions in literature
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SUBJECT |
England -- 1066-1485
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Subject |
England
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2006024196 |
ISBN |
9780268084592 |
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0268084599 |
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