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Dreaming of Cockaigne: Medieval Fantasies of the Perfect Life Herman Pleij
Dreaming of Cockaigne: Medieval Fantasies of the Perfect Life
Herman Pleij
Cockaigne: portrayed in legend, oral history, and art, this imaginary land became the most pervasive collective dream of medieval times-an earthly paradise to counter the suffering and frustration of daily existence and to quell anxieties over an ever-more-exclusive heavenly afterlife.
544 pages, 60 black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 7, 2001 |
| ISBN13 | 9780231117029 |
| Publishers | Columbia University Press |
| Pages | 544 |
| Dimensions | 160 × 235 × 39 mm · 932 g |
| Language | English |
| Translator | Webb, Diane |