'You shall surely not die' : : the concepts of sin and death as expressed in the manuscript art of Northwestern Europe, c. 800-1200 / / by Jill Bradley.

• Author: Bradley, Jill.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2008.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Library of the Written Word 4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (746 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The period 800-1200 saw many changes in attitude towards death, sin and salvation. Visual sources can provide a valuable complement to written sources, often modifying or adding another dimension to what scholars and theologians expressed in words. Taking miniatures showing the Fall of Man and those with personifications of death, this study looks at the ideas they express and the relationship between them. It examines both the general tendencies and specific manuscripts, relating them to their contexts and to the writings of the time. This book shows the shifts in ideas as to what constitutes sin, the merging of eschatological death with sin and a new emphasis on physical death, thereby giving new insights into medieval thought and culture.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Materials / J. Bradley -- Introduction / J. Bradley -- Chapter One. The Ninth Century: Loyalty And Lordship In The Frankish Realm / J. Bradley -- Chapter Two. Monastic Reform And Man’S Fatal Flaw / J. Bradley -- Chapter Three. Knowing The Enemy, The Battle Within / J. Bradley -- Chapter Four. Responsibility, Redemption And The Demise Of Death / J. Bradley -- Chapter Five. The Fall In Public Places / J. Bradley -- Chapter Six. Conclusions / J. Bradley -- Illustrations / J. Bradley -- Appendices / J. Bradley -- Bibliography / J. Bradley -- Photographic Acknowledgements / J. Bradley -- Index / J. Bradley.