02958oam 2200661I 450 991045708610332120200520144314.01-134-76157-01-280-14993-097866101499330-203-99006-410.4324/9780203990063 (CKB)1000000000360877(EBL)235111(OCoLC)226376617(SSID)ssj0000121976(PQKBManifestationID)11135240(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000121976(PQKBWorkID)10110906(PQKB)11024535(MiAaPQ)EBC235111(Au-PeEL)EBL235111(CaPaEBR)ebr10093794(CaONFJC)MIL14993(OCoLC)226376617 (EXLCZ)99100000000036087720180331d1996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChrist's body identity, culture, and society in late medieval writings /Sarah BeckwithLondon :Routledge,1996.1 online resource (212 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-138-17491-2 0-415-14426-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 THE TRANSCENDENT AND THE HISTORICAL Inventing the discourse of mysticism; 2 CHRIST'S BODY AND THE IMAGING OF SOCIAL ORDER; 3 DYVERSE IMAGINACIOUNS OF CRYSTES LYF Subjectivity embodiment and crucifixion piety; 4 THE USES OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND THE BOOK OF MARGERY KEMPE; CONCLUSION; Notes; Works cited; IndexAt the very heart of Christian doctrine and late medieval practice was the image of the crucified Christ. Sarah Beckwith examines the social meaning of this image across a range of key devotional English texts, using insights from anthropology and cultural studies. The image of the crucified Christ, she argues, acted as a place where the tensions between the sacred and the profane, the individual and the collective, were played out. The medieval obsession with the contours of Christ's body functioned to challenge and transform social and political relations. A fascinating and challengiChristian art and symbolismMedieval, 500-1500Devotional literatureHistory and criticismHuman bodyReligious aspectsChristianityElectronic books.Christian art and symbolismDevotional literatureHistory and criticism.Human bodyReligious aspectsChristianity.2480940902809.93382Beckwith Sarah1959,850428MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457086103321Christ's body1898786UNINA