which is also known as the kingdom of God. This two-age schema is echoed in Matthew 12:32 and Ephesians 1:21, but the New Testament transforms the traditional pattern: with the coming of Christ, the blessings of the future are manifested among God's people in the present age (cf.Heb...
In the Middle Ages European artists and theologians shaped a new terrifying vision of Satan and the punishments awaiting sinners in his realm.
Allegory in the Middle Ageswas a vital element in the synthesis of biblical andclassical traditionsinto what would become recognizable as medieval culture. People of theMiddle Agesconsciously drew from the cultural legacies of the ancient world in shaping their institutions and ideas, and soallegoryin...
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This volume investigates the ways in which people in western Europe between the fall of Rome and the twelfth century used the past: to legitimate the present, to understand current events and as a source of identity. Each essay examines the mechanisms by which ideas about the past were subtly...
In the eleventh century just as much as on the verge of the nineteenth century, the seawaters and harbors were the main way of connecting people in the Baltic Sea region, both opening up intercultural exchange and constituting a potential source and arena of danger and conflict in equal ...
Western painting - Dark Ages, Medieval, Christendom: Ancient Roman civilization in western Europe foundered and fell apart in the second half of the 6th century, and the changes that took place between late antiquity and the succeeding period, the Dark A
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Artists began to create landscapes, still life paintings, and portraits of people in addition to Biblical scenes. It was during this time, by 1321, that Dante Alighieri finished writing his La Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy) – considered one of the most important works in world literature...
The spirit of evil expressed itself in nature through storms, droughts and other disasters which threatened livestock and crops, thus, the very survival of the community. In medieval times, such events were sometimes viewed as tests like the Old Testament suffering1 that could be harnessed by ...