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Author Le Goff, Jacques, 1924-2014

Title The birth of purgatory / Jacques Le Goff ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1984]
©1984

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  236.5 L516B    DUE 11-25-22 Billed
Description ix, 430 pages ; 24 cm
Contents The third place -- Part One: The hereafter before Purgatory -- Ancient imaginings -- The fathers of Purgatory -- The early Middle Ages: doctrinal stagnation and the riot of imagination -- Part Two: The twelfth century: the birth of Purgatory -- The century of the great advance -- The fire of Purgatory -- "Locus Purgatorius": a place for purgation -- Purgatory between Sicily and Ireland -- The logic of Purgatory -- Part Three: The triumph of Purgatory -- The scholastic systematization -- Social victory: Purgatory and the cure of souls -- The poetic triumph: The Divina Commedia -- Why Purgatory?
Note Translation of: La naissance du purgatoire.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Purgatory -- History of doctrines.
Added Title Naissance du purgatoire. English
ISBN 0226470822: $30.00
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