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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 illus
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | July 2, 2003 |
| ISBN13 | 9780231117036 |
| Publishers | Columbia University Press |
| Pages | 544 |
| Dimensions | 140 × 223 × 33 mm · 666 g |
| Language | English |
| Translator | Webb, Diane |