Carolingian Invisibles and Eriugena’s Lost Vision of God
Paul Edward Dutton
Limiting itself to the vital centuries when late Roman West reshaped into a first “Europe”, conference on which volume is based explored dominant understanding of human nature in that era: existence was both body (in visible world material things) and soul invisible spirit). This legacy pre-Christian elements handed down from Greek philosophy Hebrew Scriptures. Assimilating it indigenous cultures West, many alien ancient Mediterranean world, precipitated sea-changes conception psychology. Ensuing frictions sparked extraordinary expressions creativity words visual images. It also created dangerously subversive disequilibria collective mentality within élites between them majority cultures. The papers this investigate numerous configurations new culture taking shape volatile environment. They contribute continuing debates about cognitive co-ordination pictorial images, cross-disciplinary dialogues such disparate fields as art history, religious literature, mysticism, cultural anthropology.
Utrecht studies in medieval literacy