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The bride of Christ goes to hell : metaphor and embodiment in the lives of pious women, 200-1500 /

Following a long trajectory from Late Antiquity to the High Middle Ages, Dyan Elliott offers a provocative analysis of the changing religious, emotional, and sexual meanings of the metaphor of the sponsa Christi and of the increasing anxiety surrounding the somatization of female spirituality.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Elliott, Dyan, 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Middle Ages series.
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Online Access:Texto completo