Adams, Gwenfair Walters.

Visions in late medieval England lay spirituality and sacred glimpses of the hidden worlds of faith / [electronic resource] : by Gwenfair Walters Adams. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007. - xxiii, 273 p. ; 25 cm. - Studies in the history of Christian traditions, v. 130 1573-5664 ; . - Studies in the history of Christian traditions v. 130. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-246) and index.

Transactions of satisfaction and visions of the otherworld -- Reciprocated devotion and visitations of the saints -- Spiritual warfare in demonic encounters -- Seeing through the surface : vision as supra-sacramental sight -- Visions, power, and the dynamic of mediated revelation -- Appendix A : Vision : range of uses of term in late medieval England -- Appendix B : Byland Abbey ghost stories as contemporary accounts -- Appendix C : Additional visions and vision types.


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Visions--History--To 1500.
Spirituality--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Spiritual warfare--History--To 1500.
Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500.


England--Church history--1066-1485.


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