The Bride of Christ Goes to Hell : : Metaphor and Embodiment in the Lives of Pious Women, 200-1500 / / Dyan Elliott.
The 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'...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Middle Ages Series
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Published: c2012.
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