LEADER 04832nam 2200769 a 450 001 9910464109103321 005 20211004233906.0 010 $a1-283-89765-2 010 $a0-8122-0693-2 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812206937 035 $a(CKB)3240000000064754 035 $a(OCoLC)822890083 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10642167 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000631143 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11372262 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000631143 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10590646 035 $a(PQKB)10127511 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441832 035 $a(OCoLC)794700707 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17960 035 $a(DE-B1597)449485 035 $a(OCoLC)979910439 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812206937 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441832 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10642167 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL421015 035 $a(EXLCZ)993240000000064754 100 $a20110608d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe bride of Christ goes to hell$b[electronic resource] $emetaphor and embodiment in the lives of pious women, 200-1500 /$fDyan Elliott 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (477 p.) 225 1 $aThe Middle Ages series 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-8122-4358-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [409]-450) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$tChapter 1. A Match Made in Heaven --$tChapter 2. The Church Fathers and the Embodied Bride --$tChapter 3. The Barbarian Queen --$tChapter 4. An Age of Affect, 1050-1200 (1) --$tChapter 5. An Age of Affect, 1050-1200 (2) --$tChapter 6. The Eroticized Bride of Hagiography --$tChapter 7. Descent into Hell --$tConclusion --$tAbbreviations --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThe early Christian writer Tertullian first applied the epithet "bride of Christ" to the uppity virgins of Carthage as a means of enforcing female obedience. Henceforth, the virgin as Christ's spouse was expected to manifest matronly modesty and due submission, hobbling virginity's ancient capacity to destabilize gender roles. In the early Middle Ages, the focus on virginity and the attendant anxiety over its possible loss reinforced the emphasis on claustration in female religious communities, while also profoundly disparaging the nonvirginal members of a given community. With the rising importance of intentionality in determining a person's spiritual profile in the high Middle Ages, the title of bride could be applied and appropriated to laywomen who were nonvirgins as well. Such instances of democratization coincided with the rise of bridal mysticism and a progressive somatization of female spirituality. These factors helped cultivate an increasingly literal and eroticized discourse: women began to undergo mystical enactments of their union with Christ, including ecstatic consummations and vivid phantom pregnancies. Female mystics also became increasingly intimate with their confessors and other clerical confidants, who were sometimes represented as stand-ins for the celestial bridegroom. The dramatic merging of the spiritual and physical in female expressions of religiosity made church authorities fearful, an anxiety that would coalesce around the figure of the witch and her carnal induction into the Sabbath. 410 0$aMiddle Ages series. 606 $aVirginity$xReligious aspects$xChristianity$xHistory of doctrines$yEarly church, ca. 30-600 606 $aVirginity$xReligious aspects$xChristianity$xHistory of doctrines$yMiddle Ages, 600-1500 606 $aMarriage$xReligious aspects$xChristianity$xHistory of doctrines$yEarly church, ca. 30-600 606 $aMarriage$xReligious aspects$xChristianity$xHistory of doctrines$yMiddle Ages, 600-1500 606 $aWomen in Christianity$xHistory$yEarly church, ca. 30-600 606 $aWomen in Christianity$xHistory$yMiddle Ages, 600-1500 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aVirginity$xReligious aspects$xChristianity$xHistory of doctrines 615 0$aVirginity$xReligious aspects$xChristianity$xHistory of doctrines 615 0$aMarriage$xReligious aspects$xChristianity$xHistory of doctrines 615 0$aMarriage$xReligious aspects$xChristianity$xHistory of doctrines 615 0$aWomen in Christianity$xHistory 615 0$aWomen in Christianity$xHistory 676 $a241/.660820940902 700 $aElliott$b Dyan$f1954-$0845302 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464109103321 996 $aThe bride of Christ goes to hell$92492345 997 $aUNINA