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12 produkter
Spiritual Marriage
Sexual Abstinence in Medieval Wedlock
Av Dyan Elliott
Häftad, 1995
1100 kr
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The early Christian and medieval practice of spiritual marriage, in which husband and wife mutually and voluntarily relinquish sexual activity for reasons of piety, plays an important role in the development of the institution of marriage and in the understanding of female religiosity. Drawing on …
Proving Woman
Female Spirituality and Inquisitional Culture in the Later Middle Ages
Av Dyan Elliott
Häftad, 2004
518 kr
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Around the year 1215, female mystics and their sacramental devotion were among orthodoxy's most sophisticated weapons in the fight against heresy. Holy women's claims to be in direct communication with God placed them in positions of unprecedented influence. Yet by the end of the Middle Ages female …
Fallen Bodies
Pollution, Sexuality, and Demonology in the Middle Ages
Av Dyan Elliott
E-bok, 2010
489 kr
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Medieval clerics believed that original sin had rendered their "fallen bodies" vulnerable to corrupting impulses-particularly those of a sexual nature. They feared that their corporeal frailty left them susceptible to demonic forces bent on penetrating and polluting their bodies and souls.Drawing …
Bride of Christ Goes to Hell
Metaphor and Embodiment in the Lives of Pious Women, 200-1500
Av Dyan Elliott
E-bok, 2011
668 kr
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The early Christian writer Tertullian first applied the epithet "bride of Christ" to the uppity virgins of Carthage as a means of enforcing female obedience. Henceforth, the virgin as Christ's spouse was expected to manifest matronly modesty and due submission, hobbling virginity's ancient capacity …
Fallen Bodies
Av Dyan Elliott
Häftad, 1998
557 kr
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Medieval clerics believed that original sin had rendered their "fallen bodies" vulnerable to corrupting impulses-particularly those of a sexual nature. They feared that their corporeal frailty left them susceptible to demonic forces bent on penetrating and polluting their bodies and souls. Drawing …
Bride of Christ Goes to Hell
Metaphor and Embodiment in the Lives of Pious Women, 200-1500
Av Dyan Elliott
Häftad, 2020
597 kr
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The early Christian writer Tertullian first applied the epithet "bride of Christ" to the uppity virgins of Carthage as a means of enforcing female obedience. Henceforth, the virgin as Christ's spouse was expected to manifest matronly modesty and due submission, hobbling virginity's ancient capacity …
Bride of Christ Goes to Hell
Metaphor and Embodiment in the Lives of Pious Women, 200-1500
Av Dyan Elliott
Inbunden, 2011
794 kr
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The early Christian writer Tertullian first applied the epithet "bride of Christ" to the uppity virgins of Carthage as a means of enforcing female obedience. Henceforth, the virgin as Christ's spouse was expected to manifest matronly modesty and due submission, hobbling virginity's ancient capacity …
Corrupter of Boys
Sodomy, Scandal, and the Medieval Clergy
Av Dyan Elliott
Inbunden, 2020
644 kr
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In the fourth century, clerics began to distinguish themselves from members of the laity by virtue of their augmented claims to holiness. Because clerical celibacy was key to this distinction, religious authorities of all stripes-patristic authors, popes, theologians, canonists, monastic founders, …
Corrupter of Boys
Sodomy, Scandal, and the Medieval Clergy
Av Dyan Elliott
E-bok, 2020
688 kr
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In the fourth century, clerics began to distinguish themselves from members of the laity by virtue of their augmented claims to holiness. Because clerical celibacy was key to this distinction, religious authorities of all stripes-patristic authors, popes, theologians, canonists, monastic founders, …
Proving Woman
Female Spirituality and Inquisitional Culture in the Later Middle Ages
Av Dyan Elliott
E-bok, 2009
711 kr
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Around the year 1215, female mystics and their sacramental devotion were among orthodoxy''s most sophisticated weapons in the fight against heresy. Holy women''s claims to be in direct communication with God placed them in positions of unprecedented influence. Yet by the end of the Middle Ages …
Spiritual Marriage
Sexual Abstinence in Medieval Wedlock
Av Dyan Elliott
E-bok, 2021
810 kr
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The early Christian and medieval practice of spiritual marriage, in which husband and wife mutually and voluntarily relinquish sexual activity for reasons of piety, plays an important role in the development of the institution of marriage and in the understanding of female religiosity. Drawing on …
Corrupter of Boys
Sodomy, Scandal, and the Medieval Clergy
Av Dyan Elliott
Häftad, 2026
430 kr
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How scandal-averse policies in conjunction with the requirement of clerical celibacy resulted in the widespread sexual abuse of boys from late antiquity through the later Middle AgesIn the fourth century, clerics began to distinguish themselves from members of the laity by virtue of their augmented …
