Dante and the Church: Literary and Historical Essays (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781846820267)

The topic of Dante's attitude to the Church has exercised scholars since the 14th century, with the Reformation adding fuel to the question. The essays contained in this volume, however, are concerned with situating Dante in the context of his own time. Contents: Gary Dickson (U. Edinburgh), "Dante, Boniface VIII and the Jubilee;" George Holmes (U. Oxford), "Dante and the Franciscans;" Jennifer Petrie (UCD), "Dante, Boniface VIII and Jacopone da Todi;" Alexander Murray (University College, Oxford), "Purgatory and the spatial imagination;" Paola Nasti (U. Reading), "Images of the Church in Dante's Heaven of the Sun;" Matthew Kempshall (Wadham College, Oxford), "Ecclesiology and political thought in Dante's Monarchia;" Catherine Keen (UCL), "(Mis)readings of clerical and civic duty in Inferno XXIII."

Author: Paolo Acquaviva
ISBN-10: 184682026X
ISBN-13: 9781846820267
Publisher: Four Courts Press
Language: English
Published: 08/25/2007
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2008 pg. 251