Particular Judgment in Visio Baronti
Particular Judgment in Visio Baronti

Summary/Abstract: Written in Gaul in late 7th century by an unknown author, Visio Baronti presents the journey to the afterlife of a monk’s soul from the perspective of what happens with the soul right after exiting the body. A founding text of the medieval literary (sub)genre visiones animarum, the work has been analysed not only from this perspective, but also as a narrative meant to sort out – from the standpoint of Christian doctrine – the “geography” of the afterlife and the theological beliefs of the period. My intention is to analyse the way in which the author of the text represents particular judgment – which, according to Christian teachings, occurs right after the separation of the soul from the body – and to identify a series of connections between this narrative and its possible sources pertaining to Latin or Greek patristic writings.

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