Delumeau, Jean

History of Paradise: The Garden of Eden in Myth & Tradition

Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2000. Soft cover. 8vo. Near Fine. Item #010067

First Illinois paperback edition. Translated from the original French by Matthew O'Connell. Soft cover. x, 276 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Covers lightly soiled, else fine overall. With erudition and wit, Jean Delumeau explores the medieval conviction that paradise existed in a precise although unreachable earthly location. Delving into the writings of dozens of medieval and Renaissance thinkers from Augustine to Dante, Delumeau presents a luminous study of the meaning of Original Sin and the human yearning for paradise.

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