The Fear of Hell - Images of Damnation and Salvation in Early Modern Europe (Paperback)

This book considers two of the most potent Christian concepts - Hell and the Eucharist. In the first part of the book, the author argues that fear of Hell was a common preoccupation in the 16th and 17th centuries. Drawing on the sermons of the preachers of the Counter-Reformation, he shows how the image of Hell developed into a grotesque parody of divine judgement which was only arrested by the onset of the Enlightenment. The second part considers the Eucharist, or Host, the embodiment of corporeal salvation. The author describes how it was related to the human body, and the kinds of mystical properties with which it was invested.

General

Imprint:	Polity Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 1998
Authors:	Piero Camporesi
Translators:	Lucinda Byatt
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	200
ISBN-13:	978-0-7456-1031-3
Subtitles:	Italian
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history Books > Humanities > History > European history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > History > European history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Christianity > Christian theology
LSN:	0-7456-1031-5
Barcode:	9780745610313

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