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The Bride of Christ Goes to Hell

- Metaphor and Embodiment in the Lives of Pious Women, 200-1500

About The Bride of Christ Goes to Hell

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.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780812243581
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 480
  • Published:
  • November 16, 2011
  • Dimensions:
  • 238x162x39 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 892 g.
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Description of The Bride of Christ Goes to Hell

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.

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