Fallen Bodies : : Pollution, Sexuality, and Demonology in the Middle Ages / / Dyan Elliott.
Medieval clerics believed that original sin had rendered their "fallen bodies" vulnerable to corrupting impulses-particularly those of a sexual nature. They feared that their corporeal frailty left them susceptible to demonic forces bent on penetrating and polluting their bodies and souls....
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Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2010] ©1998 |
Year of Publication: | 2010 |
Language: | English |
Series: | The Middle Ages Series
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
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