Antonio CORTIJO OCAÑA

Original title: Edenes arcádicos, paraísos edénicos y jardines salvíficos

Published in Returning to Eden

Keywords: Arcadia, Eden, Hortus Conclusus, Paradise, Utopia.

Eden or Paradise is one the most disseminated concepts in Christendom and the western world. From its Persian origin, this article traces its development through its Arcadian classical manifestations, its medieval modification as hortus conclusus and its pastoral and utopian elements in the Renaissance.