Böcker av Matthew Treherne

Medieval liturgical practice had a deep and far-reaching influence on thought and experience of the time. This book argues that Dante's engagement with liturgy is central to the daring and highly original poetic project of the Commedia, shaping its treatment of time, its engagement with theology, and its portrayal of the soul's awakening.

A collection of essays by some of the leading international scholars in the fields of Italian Renaissance literature, music, history and history of art. It addresses the fertile question of the relationship between religious change and shifting cultural forms in sixteenth-century Italy.