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Autore |
Friesen Ilse E |
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Titolo |
The female crucifix : images of St. Wilgefortis since the Middle Ages / / Ilse E. Friesen |
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Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2001 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-92537-X |
9786610925377 |
0-88920-939-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (208 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Wilgefortis (Legendary saint) |
Wilgefortis (Legendary saint) - Cult |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Matter -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The Crucifixion as the Resurrection: The Volto Santo and the Triumphal Crucifix -- Becoming Like Christ: Gender Integration, Imitation and Identification -- The Origin of the Fiddler and the Legend of Gmünd -- St. Ontkommer and St. Uncumber: Images from Holland and England -- “Wilgefortis Sive Liberata”: The Bavarian Cult of the Female Crucifix in Neufahrn -- The Kümmernis Chapel of Burghausen in Bavaria -- St. Kummernus or St. Kümmernis in Tyrol -- The Bearded Woman and the Phenomenon of Hirsutism: Past and Present -- “Christa” and the Blending of Gender in Contemporary Society -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Featuring more than twenty illustrations, including several works of art that were rediscovered by the author and are published here for the first time, The Female Crucifix: Images of St. Wilgefortis Since the Middle Ages provides a new perspective on a very old phenomenon. The legendary bearded female St. Wilgefortis, also known by a variety of other names including "Kummernis" and "Uncumber," was the object of fervent veneration in areas of Western and Central Europe for almost half a millennium. Beginning in the fifteenth century, the legend of her dramatic |
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