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. INDICE: 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
- ISBN: 978-0-19-973604-1
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 304
- Fecha Publicación: 09/12/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés