Dreaming of Cockaigne
Medieval Fantasies of the Perfect Life
Cockaigne: portrayed in legend, oral history, and art, this imaginary land became the most pervasive collective dream of medieval times-an earthly paradise to counter the suffering and frustration of daily existence and to quell anxieties over an ever-more-exclusive heavenly afterlife.
Specificaties
ISBN/EAN | 9780231117029 |
Auteur | Pleij, Herman |
Uitgever | Van Ditmar Boekenimport B.V. |
Taal | Engels |
Uitvoering | Gebonden in harde band |
Pagina's | 544 |
Lengte | 236.0 mm |
Breedte | 163.0 mm |