Texts of the Passion : : Latin Devotional Literature and Medieval Society / / Thomas H. Bestul.
In this book Thomas H. Bestul constructs the literary history of the Latin Passion narratives, placing them within their social, cultural, and historical contexts. He examines the ways in which the Passion is narrated and renarrated in devotional treatises, paying particular attention to the modific...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2015] ©1997 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Middle Ages Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Introduction: Methodology and Theoretical Orientations
- Chapter 2. Medieval Narratives of the Passion of Christ
- Chapter 3. The Representation of the Jews in Medieval Passion Narratives
- Chapter 4. Gender and the Representation of Women in Medieval Passion Narratives
- Chapter 5. The Passion of Christ and the Institution of Torture
- Appendix 1: Meditation by Bernard on the Lamentation of the Blessed Virgin
- Appendix 2: Preliminary Catalogue of Medieval Latin Passion Narratives
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index