De miseria conditionis humanae

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De miseria conditionis humanae is a medieval Latin treatise by Pope Innocent III that reflects on the frailty, sinfulness, and transience of human life.

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instanceOf Christian moral treatise
medieval Latin treatise
audience clergy
lay Christians
author Pope Innocent III
authorOccupation Pope
authorPapalName Pope Innocent III
surface form: Innocent III
authorPapalNumber Pope Innocent III
circulation widely read in the Middle Ages
countryOfOrigin Papal States
emphasizes inevitability of death
judgment after death
need for divine grace
genre ascetic literature
religious literature
hasPart discussion of bodily corruption
discussion of spiritual misery
exhortation to penance
historicalSignificance example of papal authorship in Latin prose
important work of medieval spirituality
influencedBy Augustinian theology
Bible
patristic literature
language Latin
literaryForm prose
literaryTradition contemptus mundi literature
mainTheme contempt for the world
frailty of human life
preparation for death
sinfulness of humanity
transience of human life
purpose moral instruction
spiritual edification
warning against attachment to the world
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
subject Christian repentance
human mortality
human sin
human suffering
memento mori
vanity of worldly goods
timePeriod Middle Ages
viewOfHumanNature fallen
viewOfWorld pessimistic
writtenBy Lotario dei Conti di Segni

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Pope Innocent III authorOf De miseria conditionis humanae
Lotario dei Conti di Segni notableWork De miseria conditionis humanae
Lothar of Segni notableWork De miseria conditionis humanae
Poggio Bracciolini notableWork De miseria conditionis humanae
this entity surface form: De miseria humanae conditionis