Visions in late medieval England lay spirituality and sacred glimpses of the hidden worlds of faith - Adams, Gwenfair Walters; ebrary, Inc. (Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007)
Transactions of satisfaction and visions of the otherworld -- Reciprocated devotion and visitations of the saints -- Spiritual warfare in demonic encounters -- Seeing through the surface : vision as supra-sacramental sight -- Visions, power, and the dynamic of mediated revelation -- Appendix A : Vision : range of uses of term in late medieval England -- Appendix B : Byland Abbey ghost stories as contemporary accounts -- Appendix C : Additional visions and vision types.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-246) and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Visions -- History -- To 1500.; Spirituality -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.; Spiritual warfare -- History -- To 1500.; Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.; England -- Church history -- 1066-1485.; Electronic books