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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Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awdur: Kuuliala, Jenni (Awdur)
Fformat: Licensed eBooks
Iaith:Saesneg
Cyhoeddwyd: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press [2020]
Cyfres:Premodern health, disease and disability ; 4.
Mynediad Ar-lein:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv13xpqks