Saints, infirmity, and community in the late Middle Ages /

Bodily suffering and patient, Christlike attitudes towards that suffering were among the key characteristics of sainthood throughout the medieval period. Drawing on new work in medieval dis/ability studies, this book analyses the meanings given to putative saints' bodily infirmities in late med...

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Hlavní autor: Kuuliala, Jenni (Autor)
Médium: Licensed eBooks
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press [2020]
Edice:Premodern health, disease and disability ; 4.
On-line přístup:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv13xpqks