LEADER 02990nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910969975503321 005 20251116191644.0 010 $a1-85390-187-3 010 $a1-134-76156-2 010 $a1-134-76157-0 010 $a1-280-14993-0 010 $a9786610149933 010 $a0-203-99006-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203990063 035 $a(CKB)1000000000360877 035 $a(EBL)235111 035 $a(OCoLC)226376617 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000121976 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11135240 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000121976 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10110906 035 $a(PQKB)11024535 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC235111 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL235111 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10093794 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL14993 035 $a(OCoLC)226376617 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000360877 100 $a19961119d1996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChrist's body $eidentity, culture and society in late medieval writings /$fSarah Beckwith 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$dc1996 215 $a1 online resource (212 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a1-138-17491-2 311 08$a0-415-14426-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreliminaries; 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; Index 330 $aAt 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 challengi 606 $aChristian art and symbolism$yMedieval, 500-1500 606 $aDevotional literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aHuman body$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 615 0$aChristian art and symbolism 615 0$aDevotional literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aHuman body$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 676 $a2480940902 676 $a809.93382 700 $aBeckwith$b Sarah$f1959-$01881182 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910969975503321 996 $aChrist's body$94495566 997 $aUNINA