Stephen Gordon

Supernatural Encounters

Demons and the Restless Dead in Medieval England, c.1050-1450

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The belief in the reality of demons and the restless dead formed a central facet of the medieval worldview. In this volume, Stephen Gordon explores the ways in which conflicting ideas about the intention and agency of supernatural entities were understood and articulated in different social and literary contexts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 163mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781138361744
• ISBN-10: 1138361747
• Artikelnr.: 58413411

Autorenporträt

Stephen Gordon graduated with a PhD in medieval literature and archaeology from the University of Manchester, UK, and currently works at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is an interdisciplinary scholar of medieval and early modern supernatural belief and has published widely in his chosen research area.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
The Witch of Berkeley in Context
The Critical Function of the Walking Corpse in William of Newburgh's Historia rerum Anglicarum
Satirising the Undead: Walter Map and the Ambiguation of Wonder
Between Demons and the Undead: Preaching Practice and Local Belief in the Sermons of John Mirk
"But whan us liketh we kan take us oon': Vain Surfaces and Walking Corpses in Chaucer's Friar's Tale
Nightmares and the Supernatural Encounter
Epilogue
Index