Semiotic analysis of building structures of the Wimpfener Königspfalz: A contextualization of history, medieval theology, philosophy and architecture - Softcover

Dollmann, Jürgen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 6207900642 ISBN 13: 9786207900640

Publisher: Our Knowledge Publishing, 2024

Synopsis

Many people in the High Middle Ages tended towards a symbolic-allegorical interpretation of their sensually perceptible environment, as can be explained in this book from various sources and perspectives. This world view was strongly related to Christianity, which characterized the Middle Ages: behind the surface of the visible world, the work of God was assumed, which could not be directly revealed to people. However, the possibilities of recognizing truths beyond the empirical world were already analysed by theologians and philosophers of scholasticism in late antiquity, but especially in the High Middle Ages, whereby reference was made not only to biblical texts but also to the writings of ancient philosophers, especially Plato and Aristotle. From the combination of these sources, the conclusion was drawn, among other things, that God offers people signs to gain supra-empirical knowledge. This happens in symbols or allegories, i.e. in words or images as well as in events that need to be interpreted.

Edition details

• Publisher: Our Knowledge Publishing
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 6207900642
• ISBN 13: 9786207900640
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 56