Doctrine, politics and purgation
The vision of Tnúthgal and the vision of Owein at St Patrick's Purgatory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11891978 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carl Watkins (a Clare College, Cambridge CB2 1TL, England, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 225-236 |
| Publication date | 1996-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Medieval History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0304-4181 • E-ISSN: 1873-1279 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1016/s0304-4181(96)00018-8 |
| OpenAlex | W1967204840 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 12 |
The article takes two vision-narratives set in Ireland in order to explore eschatological beliefs and ideas about the geography of the hereafter during the twelfth century. The visions are examined in the context of traditions of vision-writing, the authors' likely motives and the political context in which they wrote. The emphasis then shifts to how the visions of Tnúthgal and Owein fit into Jacques Le Goff's model of how ideas about Purgatory came to be formed. It is suggested here that both visions, but especially that of Owein, were essentially conservative in their presentation of the hereafter. The Vision of Owein did not mark a radical departure in the presentation of a discrete purgatorial state, but rather was closely based on existing eschatological paradigms. In the conclusion a new explanation of Purgatory's evolution is suggested which gives more weight to ‘popular’ perceptions of stories like the Vision of Owein as an agent of change
Aesthetics · Context (archaeology · Doctrine · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Presentation (obstetrics · Purgatory · State (computer science · Theology · Vision · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Law · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy · Religious Tourism and Spaces
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2018 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |