{"product_id":"the-birth-of-purgatory-jacques-le-goff-9780226470832","title":"The Birth of Purgatory","description":"In \u003ci\u003eThe Birth of Purgatory\u003c\/i\u003e, Jacques Le Goff, the brilliant medievalist and renowned \u003ci\u003eAnnales\u003c\/i\u003e historian, is concerned not with theological discussion but with the growth of an idea, with the relation between belief and society, with mental structures, and with the historical role of the imagination. Le Goff argues that the doctrine of Purgatory did not appear in the Latin theology of the West before the late twelfth century, that the word \u003ci\u003epurgatorium\u003c\/i\u003e did not exist until then. He shows that the growth of a belief in an intermediate place between Heaven and Hell was closely bound up with profound changes in the social and intellectual reality of the Middle Ages. Throughout, Le Goff makes use of a wealth of archival material, much of which he has translated for the first time, inviting readers to examine evidence from the writings of great, obscure, or anonymous theologians. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacques Le Goff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226470830\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226470832\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/1986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.03w x 0.92d","brand":"Jacques Le Goff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988097532159,"sku":"9780226470832","price":46.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_36e27a36-fdaa-4044-a3b9-7b1ab15a0359.jpg?v=1683292605","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-birth-of-purgatory-jacques-le-goff-9780226470832","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}