Religious life of medieval Italy in the mirror of literature

The book proposed by the attention of readers contains essays on the Italian religious literature of the Middle Ages dedicated to various problems, genres and authors presented in the Italian literature of the XIII-XV centuries. The specifics of the works of the religious content of this era lies in the fact that the vast majority of the texts that have reached us are on the periphery of the literary space itself, but that is why they are largely interesting. On the example of such works, one can trace how the religious life of medieval Italy is reflected in written monuments, how the development of the literary language and the formation of the genres of religious literature, where the border between life and literature occurs. The unique material considered in the work allows you to see the contribution of religious works to the process of forming the whole that began to be called Italian literature. The book is addressed to philologists, historians, culturalists, as well as all those who are interested in the literature and spiritual life of Italy of the Middle Ages.
Compiled by A.K. Gladkov