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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Autor*in:

Kuuliala, Jenni [verfasserIn]

Format:

E-Book

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press ; 2020

Rechteinformationen:

Restricted Access

Schlagwörter:

Medicine, Religious aspects

Canonization, History, To 1500

Christian saints, Diseases

Human body, Religious aspects

Medicine, Medieval

Disability studies, Religious aspects

Christian saints, Cult

Suffering, Religious aspects, Christianity

RELIGION / Christianity / Saints & Sainthood

HISTORY / Medieval

Umfang:

1 Online-Ressource (236 Seiten)

Reproduktion:

[Online-Ausgabe]

Reihe:

Premodern health, disease, and disability ; 4

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ISBN:

978-90-485-3334-3

DOI / URN:

10.1515/9789048533343

Katalog-ID:

1738078760

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