From Eden to Eternity: Creations of Paradise in the Later Middle Ages

by Alastair J. Minnis

Book Overview

An impressively learned and beautifully illustrated review of medieval ideas about Paradise

Did Adam and Eve need to eat in Eden in order to live? If so, did human beings urinate and defecate in paradise? And since people had no need for clothing, transportation, or food, what purpose did animals serve? Would carnivorous animals have preyed on other creatures? These were but a few of the questions that plagued medieval scholars for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812224655
• ISBN13: 9780812224658
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.7"