Saints, Infirmity, and Community in the Late Middle Ages / / Jenni Kuuliala.
Bodily suffering and patient, Christlike attitudes towards that suffering were among the key characteristics of sainthood throughout the medieval period. Drawing on new work in medieval dis/ability studies, this book analyses the meanings given to putative saints' bodily infirmities in late med...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
Year of Publication: | 2020 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Premodern Health, Disease, and Disability ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (236 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Infirmitas Leading to Saintly Life
- Patientia and the Borders of Holy Infirmity
- Abstinence, Devotional Practices, and Social Control
- Holy Infirmity and the Devotees
- Conclusions Infirmity, Community, and Canonization
- Bibliography
- Index