Cover of The Medieval Vision: Essays in History and Perception

The Medieval Vision: Essays in History and Perception

by Carolly Erickson · 1976

+ Want to read

Nine interrelated essays explore visionary imagery informing the middle ages. This exceptionally readable book describes how medieval men & women perceived their world, & how their vision of it colored their ideas about natural & supernatural occurrences & their attitudes about land, property, government, the role of women, crime, lawlessness & outlaws.

Read more

Preface

1 Enchanted world

2 Visionary imagination

3 Canons, monks & priests

4 Image of belief

5 Land & rule

6 Power of kings

7 Forces of disorder

8 Vision of women

9 Epilogue: Web of verities

Notes

Suggestions for further reading

Index

Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Setting
medievalmedievalMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 247 pages
Form
essaysessaysMore like thisLess of this

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

BuyAmazonGoogle Books

BorrowOpen LibraryA library near you

MoreCompare prices

Liked The Medieval Vision: Essays in History and Perception? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked The Medieval Vision: Essays in History and Perception. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. Time, Work, and Culture in the Middle Ages Jacques Le Goff · 1956 Shares medieval or renaissaice history, history, medieval
  2. Who's Who In The Middle Ages John Fines · 1970 Shares history, medieval, medieval or renaissaice history
  3. Medieval Women Eileen Power · 1975 Shares history, medieval, nonfiction
  4. Peasant Fires: The Drummer of Niklashausen Richard M. Wunderli · 1992 Shares history, nonfiction, medieval or renaissaice history
See more recommendations →

“If you want more of the same (history), start with these.”

  1. Reading Medieval Latin Keith C. Sidwell · 1995
  2. Dog in the dunes Barbara Cohen · 1998
  3. A Medieval Miscellany · 1999
  4. The Scourging Angel: The Black Death in the British Isles Benedict Gummer · 2010

“If it was the medieval that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. Faith, Reason, and the Plague in Seventeenth Century Tuscany Carlo M. Cipolla · 1977
  2. Medieval History for Dummies Stephen J. Batchelor · 2010
  3. The Portable Medieval Reader James Bruce Ross, Mary Martin McLaughlin · 1949
  4. The Longbow Mike Loades · 2013

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. The Axe and the Oath: Ordinary Life in the Middle Ages Robert Fossier · 2010
  2. Ghosts in the Middle Ages: The Living and the Dead in Medieval Society Jean-Claude Schmitt · 1994
  3. The Gothic Image: Religious Art In France Of The Thirteenth Century Emile Male · 1899
  4. Medieval women's visionary literature Elizabeth Petroff · 1986

Report a problem