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The Storie of Asneth and its literary relations: the Bride of Christ tradition in late Medieval EnglandThe Storie of Asneth and its literary relations: the Bride of Christ tradition in late Medieval England

September 10, 2013 By Medievalists.net

This is a study of the fifteenth-century, “Storie of Asneth,” a late-medieval English translation of a Jewish Hellenistic romance about the Patriarch, Joseph, and his Egyptian wife, Asneth (also spelled Aseneth, Asenath).

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Christianity, England, Fifteenth Century, Gender, Jewish, Joachim of Fiore, Late Middle Ages, Marriage, Medieval Women, Religious Life, Theology

“Neither Mine Nor Thine”: Communist Experiments in Hussite Bohemia

February 20, 2012 By Medievalists.net

Because of such circumstances the intoxicating influence of idealism and utopia continued to be pressed forward. One pervasive ideal was communism.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Bohemia, Christianity, Ecclesiastical History, England, Eschatology, Fifteenth Century, Heresy, High Middle Ages, Hussite, Joachim of Fiore, Late Middle Ages, Lollards, Low Countries, Moravia, Philosophy, Political Thought, Politics, Religious Life, Social History, Theology, Twelfth Century

Joachimite apocalypticism, Cistercian mysticism and the sense of disintegration in Perlesvaus and The queste del saint Graal

May 22, 2011 By Medievalists.net

Joachimite apocalypticism, Cistercian mysticism and the sense of disintegration inPerlesvaus and The queste del saint Graal O’Hagan, Michael PhD Thesis, University of British Columbia (1983) Abstract The two early thirteenth-century romances Perlesvaus and the Queste del saint Graal are strongly influenced by particular theological doctrines. The primary influence on Perlesvaus is apocalyptic: not only does […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Arthurian Legend, Christianity, Cistercians, Eschatology, France, High Middle Ages, Joachim of Fiore, Knights, Literature, Monasticism, Mysticism, Perlesvaus, Religious Life, Theology, Thirteenth century

Narratives of time: Augustine and Joachim of Fiore

January 15, 2011 By Medievalists.net

Narratives of time: Augustine and Joachim of Fiore Rossato, Noeli Dutra Mirabilia 11, Tempo e Eternidade na Idade Média, Jun-Dez (2010) Abstract The Book XI of Augustine’s Confessions is analyzed based on the mutual implication between the themes of triplicate present and distention of the soul. The solution shown is that of the ontological paradox and to that […]