Urbanitas-Rusticitas: Linguistic Aspects of a Medieval Dichotomy
Christian teaching places man’s origin in paradise, a rural setting, and the end of mankind in the celestial city of Jerusalem. Thus both town and country have potentially positive connotations to the believer. Yet just as the angel could fall to become satan, so town and country could acquire evil...
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| Формат: | Электронный ресурс Статья |
| Язык: | Английский |
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| Опубликовано: |
1979
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Studies in church history
Год: 1979, Том: 16, Страницы: 149-157 |
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| Итог: | Christian teaching places man’s origin in paradise, a rural setting, and the end of mankind in the celestial city of Jerusalem. Thus both town and country have potentially positive connotations to the believer. Yet just as the angel could fall to become satan, so town and country could acquire evil reputations, depending on the behaviour of human beings in these settings (after all, the fall of man took place in paradise).Christian writings draw in many respects on human experience, including the setting of man in society. At times in history town and country were experienced as different settings of life. Certainly there existed a notion of a superiority of urban over rural existence in classical Greek times; in contrast, Roman civilisation was more geared towards rural life. Both Hellenic and Roman thought contributed a great deal to the shaping of early Christianity. I am concerned here primarily with medieval attitudes towards town and country, but it is a fact that these were, partly at least, based on earlier tradition. |
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| ISSN: | 2059-0644 |
| Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: Studies in church history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S042420840000992X |
