Enlisting the Truth of Damnation: the Rhetoric of Wulfstan’s Lifelong Engagement with Eschatology

Around the year 1000, England is in a state of crisis and demoralisation which most likely fosters apocalyptic anxieties. The preoccupation becomes prominent in the writings of contemporary vernacular homilists, and plays a key role in Archbishop Wulfstan’s eschatological preaching. By focusing on...

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Main Author: Federica Di Giuseppe
Format: Article
Language:German
Published: Ledizioni 2024-12-01
Series:Filologia Germanica
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Online Access:https://www.ledijournals.com/ojs/index.php/filologiagermanica/article/view/2663
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