Lecture: Angels and Demons: medieval language of the supernatural
Prof. Elisabeth Dutton
In medieval Europe, morality was discussed in theological terms as a conflict between good and bad, and these forces were externalized and often personified in the figures of angels and devils. In this course, we will examine these personifications, beginning with a consideration of the fall of Lucifer, when the brightest of God’s angels fell and became the devil, and moving through examples of the operation of heavenly and hellish beings in medieval scriptural retellings, saints’ lives, and poems.
Assessment will be by EXAM in the final week of semester (31.05)- Enseignant·e: Elisabeth Dutton