Bonds of secrecy : law, spirituality, and the literature of concealment in early medieval England /

Bonds of Secrecy illuminates the relationship between human experiences of secrecy and early medieval beliefs about divine omniscience. Benjamin A. Saltzman argues that this relationship was fundamental to early English legal and monastic culture and profoundly shaped the practices of literary inter...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Saltzman, Benjamin A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2019]
Colección:Middle Ages series.
Temas:
To 1500
Secrecy > England > History > To 1500.
Secrecy > Law and legislation > England > History > To 1500.
Concealment (Criminal law) > England > History > To 1500.
Secrecy > Religious aspects > Christianity > History > To 1500.
God (Christianity) > Omniscience > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Monastic and religious life > England > History > To 1500.
Spirituality > Christianity > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Christian hagiography > History > To 1500.
Riddles, English (Old) > History and criticism.
Latin poetry, Medieval and modern > England > History and criticism.
Dieu (Christianisme) > Omniscience > Histoire des doctrines > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Vie religieuse et monastique > Angleterre > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1500.
Devinettes et énigmes vieil-anglaises > Histoire et critique.
Poésie latine médiévale et moderne > Angleterre > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > Medieval.
Christian hagiography
Concealment (Criminal law)
Latin poetry, Medieval and modern
Monastic and religious life
Riddles, English (Old)
Secrecy
Secrecy > Law and legislation
Secrecy > Religious aspects > Christianity
Spirituality > Christianity > Middle Ages
England
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. LAW
  • Chapter 1. Political Epistemology and Crimes of Concealment in Anglo- Saxon Law
  • Chapter 2. The Secret Seized: Theft, Death, and Testimony
  • PART II. SPIRITUALITY
  • Chapter 3. Monastic Life and the Regulation of Secrecy
  • Chapter 4. Making Space for Spiritual Secrecy
  • Chapter 5. Seeing in Secret: Saints, Hagiography, and the Ethics of Concealment and Discovery
  • PART III. LITERATURE
  • Chapter 6. Binding Secrets, Solving Riddles
  • Chapter 7. Worldly Concealment, Divine Knowledge, and the Hermeneutics of Faith
  • Chapter 8. Reading Hidden Meaning: Between Interpretive Pride and Eschatological Humility.

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