The ends of the body : identity and community in medieval culture / / edited by Suzanne Conklin Akbari and Jill Ross |
Autore | Akbari Suzanne Conklin |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (338 p.) |
Disciplina | 940.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Human body - Social aspects - Europe - History - To 1500
Human body - Symbolic aspects - Europe - History - To 1500 Identity (Psychology) - Europe - History - To 1500 Individuality - Europe - History - To 1500 Community life - Europe - History - To 1500 Literature, Medieval - History and criticism Human body in literature Human figure in art Civilization, Medieval |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4426-6138-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: Limits and Teleology. The Many Ends of the Body -- Part One: Foundations -- 1. Books, Bodies, and Bones: Hilduin of St-Denis and the Relics of St Dionysius / Taylor, Anna -- 2. Death Is Not the End: The Encounter of the Three Living and the Three Dead in the Berlin Hours of Mary of Burgundy and Maximilian I / Kralik, Christine -- 3. The Good Death of Richard Whittington: Corpse and Corporation / Appleford, Amy -- Part Two: Bodily Rhetoric -- 4. An Epic Incarnation of Salvation: The Function of the Body in the Eupolemius / Parsons, Sylvia -- 5. Losing Face: Heroic Discourse and Inscription in Flesh in Scéla Mucce Meic Dathó / Sheehan, Sarah -- 6. The Dazzling Sword of Language: Masculinity and Persuasion in Classical and Medieval Rhetoric / Ross, Jill -- Part Three: Performing the Body -- 7. Amputating the Traitor: Healing the Social Body in Public Executions for Treason in Late Medieval England / Westerhof, Danielle M. -- 8. 'A Defect of the Mind or Body': Impotence and Sexuality in Medieval Theology and Canon Law / Rider, Catherine -- 9. Bodily Performances and Body Talk in Medieval Islamic Preaching / Jones, Linda G. -- Part Four: Material Body -- 10. The Leprous Body in Twelfth- and Thirteenth-Century Rouen: Perceptions and Responses / Brenner, Elma -- 11. The Feminine Flesh in the Disputacione betwyx the Body and Wormes / Matlock, Wendy A. -- 12. Death as Metamorphosis in the Devotional and Political Allegory of Christine de Pizan / Conklin Akbari, Suzanne -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453049203321 |
Akbari Suzanne Conklin | ||
Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The ends of the body : identity and community in medieval culture / / edited by Suzanne Conklin Akbari and Jill Ross |
Autore | Akbari Suzanne Conklin |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (338 p.) |
Disciplina | 940.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Human body - Social aspects - Europe - History - To 1500
Human body - Symbolic aspects - Europe - History - To 1500 Identity (Psychology) - Europe - History - To 1500 Individuality - Europe - History - To 1500 Community life - Europe - History - To 1500 Literature, Medieval - History and criticism Human body in literature Human figure in art Civilization, Medieval |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Sources.
History Criticism, interpretation, etc. Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4426-6139-9
1-4426-6138-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Limits and Teleology: The Many Ends of the Body / Suzanne Conklin Akbari and Jill Ross -- ; 1. Books, Bodies, and Bones: Hilduin of St Denis and the Relics of St Dionysius / Ann Taylor -- ; 2. Death Is Not the End: The Encounter of the Three Living and the Three Dead in the Berlin Hours of Mary of Burgundy and Maximilian I / Christian Kralik -- ; 3. The Good Death of Richard Whittington: Corpse and Corporation / Amy Appleford -- ; 4. An Epic Incarnation of Salvation: The Function of the Body in the Eupolemius / Sybia Parsons -- ; 5. Losing Face: Heroic Discourse and Inscription in Flesh in Scela Mucce Meic Dathó / Sarah Sheehan -- ; 6. The Dazzling Sword of Language: Masculinity and Persuasion in Classical and Medieval Rhetoric / Jill Ross -- ; 7. Amputating the Traitor: Healing the Social Body in Public Executions for Treason in Late Medieval England / Danielle M. Westerhof -- ; 8. "A defect of the Mind or Body": Impotence and Sexuality in Medieval Theology and Canon Law / Catherine Rider -- ; 9. Bodily Performances and Body Talk in Medieval Islamic Preaching / Linda G. Jones -- ; 10. The Leprous Body in Twelfth- and Thirteenth century Rouen: Perceptions and Responses / Elma Brenner -- ; 11. The Feminine Flesh in the Disputacione betwyx the Body and Worms / Wendy A. Matlock -- ; 12. Death as Metamorphosis in the Devotional and Political Allegory of Christine de Pízan / Suzanne Conklin Akbari. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779625003321 |
Akbari Suzanne Conklin | ||
Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The ends of the body : identity and community in medieval culture / / edited by Suzanne Conklin Akbari and Jill Ross |
Autore | Akbari Suzanne Conklin |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (338 p.) |
Disciplina | 940.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Human body - Social aspects - Europe - History - To 1500
Human body - Symbolic aspects - Europe - History - To 1500 Identity (Psychology) - Europe - History - To 1500 Individuality - Europe - History - To 1500 Community life - Europe - History - To 1500 Literature, Medieval - History and criticism Human body in literature Human figure in art Civilization, Medieval |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Sources.
History Criticism, interpretation, etc. Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4426-6139-9
1-4426-6138-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Limits and Teleology: The Many Ends of the Body / Suzanne Conklin Akbari and Jill Ross -- ; 1. Books, Bodies, and Bones: Hilduin of St Denis and the Relics of St Dionysius / Ann Taylor -- ; 2. Death Is Not the End: The Encounter of the Three Living and the Three Dead in the Berlin Hours of Mary of Burgundy and Maximilian I / Christian Kralik -- ; 3. The Good Death of Richard Whittington: Corpse and Corporation / Amy Appleford -- ; 4. An Epic Incarnation of Salvation: The Function of the Body in the Eupolemius / Sybia Parsons -- ; 5. Losing Face: Heroic Discourse and Inscription in Flesh in Scela Mucce Meic Dathó / Sarah Sheehan -- ; 6. The Dazzling Sword of Language: Masculinity and Persuasion in Classical and Medieval Rhetoric / Jill Ross -- ; 7. Amputating the Traitor: Healing the Social Body in Public Executions for Treason in Late Medieval England / Danielle M. Westerhof -- ; 8. "A defect of the Mind or Body": Impotence and Sexuality in Medieval Theology and Canon Law / Catherine Rider -- ; 9. Bodily Performances and Body Talk in Medieval Islamic Preaching / Linda G. Jones -- ; 10. The Leprous Body in Twelfth- and Thirteenth century Rouen: Perceptions and Responses / Elma Brenner -- ; 11. The Feminine Flesh in the Disputacione betwyx the Body and Worms / Wendy A. Matlock -- ; 12. Death as Metamorphosis in the Devotional and Political Allegory of Christine de Pízan / Suzanne Conklin Akbari. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827230103321 |
Akbari Suzanne Conklin | ||
Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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