Bridge Over the Abyss. In the Space of Christian Culture
11 hrs. 9 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Paola Volkova
Author
Paola Volkova
Narrator
Marina Livanova
Narrator
Marina Livanova
The dominance of Christianity in the medieval world gave rise to the entire modern culture in which we exist from birth until death—this is what Paola Dmitrievna Volkova tells in her series of lectures devoted to the Late Middle Ages and the Proto-Renaissance. It is impossible to look at this era as the so-called “Dark Ages,” something mediocre—by itself, this period is no less significant than the Renaissance.
Geniuses of this time—Saint Francis of Assisi and Bonaventure, Giotto di Bondone and Dante Alighieri, Andrei Rublev and Theophanes the Greek—still conduct a dialogue with us across the centuries. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, having become Pope, takes the name of a saint from Assisi, reviving Franciscan humility and inviting us to cross yet another bridge over the abyss of an epoch.
This edition is a revised version of the “Bridge over the Abyss” series, presented in the form in which Paola Dmitrievna Volkova herself intended it— in a historically chronological order. The volume will also include previously unpublished lectures from her personal archive.
Geniuses of this time—Saint Francis of Assisi and Bonaventure, Giotto di Bondone and Dante Alighieri, Andrei Rublev and Theophanes the Greek—still conduct a dialogue with us across the centuries. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, having become Pope, takes the name of a saint from Assisi, reviving Franciscan humility and inviting us to cross yet another bridge over the abyss of an epoch.
This edition is a revised version of the “Bridge over the Abyss” series, presented in the form in which Paola Dmitrievna Volkova herself intended it— in a historically chronological order. The volume will also include previously unpublished lectures from her personal archive.
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