The Medieval Imagination (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780226470856)

To write this history of the imagination, Le Goff has recreated the mental structures of medieval men and women by analyzing the images of man as microcosm and the Church as mystical body; the symbols of power such as flags and oriflammes; and the contradictory world of dreams, marvels, devils, and wild forests.

"Le Goff is one of the most distinguished of the French medieval historians of his generation . . . he has exercised immense influence."--Maurice Keen, New York Review of Books

"The whole book turns on a fascinating blend of the brutally materialistic and the generously imaginative."--Tom Shippey, London Review of Books

"The richness, imaginativeness and sheer learning of Le Goff's work . . . demand to be experienced."--M. T. Clanchy, Times Literary Supplement

Author: Jacques Le Goff
ISBN-10: 0226470857
ISBN-13: 9780226470856
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 12/15/1992
Pages: 302
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.01h x 6.02w x 0.70d