In the Anteroom of Divinity : : The Reformation of the Angels from Colet to Milton / / Feisal Mohamed.

In the Anteroom of Divinity focuses on the persistence of Pseudo-Dionysian angelology in England's early modern period. Beginning with a discussion of John Colet's commentary on Dionysisus' twin hierarchies, Feisal G. Mohamed explores the significance of the Dionysian tradition to the...

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2008
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Table and Plates
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. John Colet's Ecclesiology and Dionysian Thought
  • 2. Hooker and Spenser on the Celestial Hierarchy: The Decline of a Tradition?
  • 3. Donne's Ideated Angels
  • 4. Angelic Hierarchy in Milton and His Contemporaries
  • 5. Raphael, the Celestial Physician
  • 6. Michael of Celestial Armies Prince
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Index of Biblical Passages