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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Библиографические подробности
Главный автор: Kuuliala, Jenni (Автор)
Формат: Licensed eBooks
Язык:английский
Опубликовано: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press [2020]
Серии:Premodern health, disease and disability ; 4.
Online-ссылка:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv13xpqks