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Wonder and Skepticism in the Middle Ages- Front Cover 1 Wonder and Skepticism in the Middle Ages 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Contents 6 Illustrations 7 Tables 7 Figures 7 Preface 8 Acknowledgements 9 Publishers’ acknowledgements 9 Abbreviations 10 Chapter 1: Understanding belief and doubt in the Middle Ages 12 Definitions of key terms 16 The belief-doubt continuum and some possible macro-level trends 20 Latin terminology for wonder and doubt 23 Retrospective biases 25 Outline of subsequent chapters 28 Notes 30 Chapter 2: What is wonder?: Contemporary and medieval views 37 What is wonder? Contemporary scientific views 37 What is wonder? Medieval views 42 Notes 51 Chapter 3: Wonder, fear, orality and community 57 Fear of supernatural punishment 59 Fear of hybridity and monstrosity 64 Fear of the Apocalypse 72 Fearful stories as community belief construction 76 Notes 78 Chapter 4: Wonder, entertainment and fascination: Travel, architecture, objects 90 Entertaining objects: wonder at the physical 91 The marvels of court entertainment 96 The conflict between reality and wonder in medieval travel reports 100 Notes 105 Chapter 5: The marvels of faith: Wonder and Chris

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Author

Keagan Brewer

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2019

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction