Affective meditation and the invention of medieval compassion /

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This book offers a new history of a major medieval genre, affective meditations on the Passion. It argues that women were instrumental in the creation of this genre, and it illuminates how these scripts for the performance of prayer served to construct compassion itself as an intimate and feminine e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McNamer, Sarah
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2010.
Colección:Middle Ages series.
Temas:
Jesus Christ > Passion > Prayers and devotions > History and criticism.
Jesus Christ
To 1500
Femininity > Religious aspects > Christianity > History > To 1500.
Emotions > Religious aspects > Christianity > History > To 1500.
Compassion > Religious aspects > Christianity > History > To 1500.
Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Devotion to > England > History > To 1500.
Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) > History and criticism.
Devotional literature, Italian > History and criticism.
Devotional literature, English (Middle) > History and criticism.
Littérature de dévotion latine médiévale et moderne > Histoire et critique.
Littérature de dévotion italienne > Histoire et critique.
Littérature de dévotion anglaise (moyen anglais) > Histoire et critique.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Compassion > Religious aspects > Christianity
Devotional literature, English (Middle)
Devotional literature, Italian
Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Emotions > Religious aspects > Christianity
Femininity > Religious aspects > Christianity
Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Devotion to
England
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This book offers a new history of a major medieval genre, affective meditations on the Passion. It argues that women were instrumental in the creation of this genre, and it illuminates how these scripts for the performance of prayer served to construct compassion itself as an intimate and feminine emotion.
Notas:OldControl:muse9780812202786.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 309 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-297) and indexes.
ISBN:9780812202786
0812202783
1283890925
9781283890922

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