The History of HellA "lively...generously illustrated" (Washington Post Book World) survey of how, over the past four thousand years, religious leaders, artists, writers, and ordinary people in the West have visualized Hell-its location, architecture, purpose, and inhabitants. Illustrations; full-color inserts. |
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Page 114
... to Last Judgment . England has four of these cycles preserved fairly completely , from York , Chester , Wakefield , and one known as either the Hegge cycle ( from an owner of the manuscripts ) or the N - Town or the 114 Mystery Plays.
... to Last Judgment . England has four of these cycles preserved fairly completely , from York , Chester , Wakefield , and one known as either the Hegge cycle ( from an owner of the manuscripts ) or the N - Town or the 114 Mystery Plays.
Page 119
... York : Owe ! dewes ! All goes down ! My might and my main is all marrande Help ! felawes , in faythe I am fallande . Another Hellmouth clearly based on stage design . Lucifer . Sathan . And down he goes into the Hellmouth , followed by.
... York : Owe ! dewes ! All goes down ! My might and my main is all marrande Help ! felawes , in faythe I am fallande . Another Hellmouth clearly based on stage design . Lucifer . Sathan . And down he goes into the Hellmouth , followed by.
Page 252
... York : G. Braziller , 1978 . Lambert , Malcolm . Medieval Heresy : Popular Movements from Bogomil to Hus . New York : Holmes & Meier , 1977 . Lane Fox , Robin . Pagans and Christians . New York : Knopf , 1987 . Le Goff , Jacques . The ...
... York : G. Braziller , 1978 . Lambert , Malcolm . Medieval Heresy : Popular Movements from Bogomil to Hus . New York : Holmes & Meier , 1977 . Lane Fox , Robin . Pagans and Christians . New York : Knopf , 1987 . Le Goff , Jacques . The ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Great Below | 5 |
The Egyptian Book of the Dead | 12 |
Copyright | |
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