Medievalists.net » Ars moriendi http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 03:31:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Turning Toward Death: The Medievals’ Terrestrial Treatment of Death in Art During the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/08/turning-toward-death-medievals-terrestrial-treatment-death-art-fourteenth-fifteenth-centuries/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/08/turning-toward-death-medievals-terrestrial-treatment-death-art-fourteenth-fifteenth-centuries/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2014 12:33:14 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52432 Throughout the Middle Ages, religious iconography was a main theme of art and the Church heavily patronized works that embodied virtuous ideals. Art was often used as a religious implement in which the Church instructed the illiterate masses. However, art can also represent pain and trauma acting as an outlet for the artist.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/08/turning-toward-death-medievals-terrestrial-treatment-death-art-fourteenth-fifteenth-centuries/feed/ 0 The Ars Moriendi: An examination, translation, and collation of the manuscripts of the shorter Latin version http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/20/the-ars-moriendi-an-examination-translation-and-collation-of-the-manuscripts-of-the-shorter-latin-version/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/20/the-ars-moriendi-an-examination-translation-and-collation-of-the-manuscripts-of-the-shorter-latin-version/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:54:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29413 The Ars Moriendi is a Mediaeval Christian death manual that appeared around the middle of the fifteenth century. Though no-one is certain who the author was, there is no doubt that Jean Gerson was the major inspiration through his Opusculum Tripartitum.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/20/the-ars-moriendi-an-examination-translation-and-collation-of-the-manuscripts-of-the-shorter-latin-version/feed/ 0 The Ghost in Early Modern Protestant Culture: Shifting perceptions of the afterlife, 1450-1700 http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/25/the-ghost-in-early-modern-protestant-cultureshifting-perceptions-of-the-afterlife-1450-1700/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/25/the-ghost-in-early-modern-protestant-cultureshifting-perceptions-of-the-afterlife-1450-1700/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:30:04 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=26653 The Ghost in Early Modern Protestant Culture:Shifting perceptions of the afterlife, 1450-1700 McKeever, Amanda Jane PhD Thesis, Philosophy, University of Sussex, September 27, (2010) Abstract My thesis seeks to address the continuity, change and the syncreticism of ideas regarding post-mortem existence in the wake of the Reformation. Prior to reform, the late Medieval world view […]

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