The Permeable Self : : Five Medieval Relationships / / Barbara Newman.
How, Barbara Newman asks, did the myth of the separable heart take such a firm hold in the Middle Ages, from lovers exchanging hearts with one another to mystics exchanging hearts with Jesus? What special traits gave both saints and demoniacs their ability to read minds? Why were mothers who died in...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Middle Ages Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (440 p.) :; 10 b/w halftones, 1 table |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Introduction. Members of One Another
- Chapter 1. Teacher and Student: Shaping Boys
- Chapter 2. Saint and Sinner: Reading Minds
- Chapter 3. Lovers: Exchanging Hearts
- Chapter 4. Mother and Child: Giving Birth
- Chapter 5. God and the Devil: Possessing Souls
- Conclusion, or Why It Still Matters
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments