The handling and interpretation of dreams and visions in late sixth- to eighth-century Gallic and Anglo-Latin hagiography and histories
Jesse Keskiaho
Early medieval attitudes to dreams and visions have been seen either as negative, products of an ostensibly repressive theological tradition, or positive, suggested by the apparent ease with which many narratives treat these phenomena. This article explores relationship early views on those church Fathers suggests that value handling vary in accordance probable audiences aims our sources. Instead uniform permissive, we see a variety techniques, aiming satisfy both practical needs concerns.
Early Medieval Europe