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Wonderful Blood: Theology and Practice in Late Medieval Northern Germany and Beyond - The Middle Ages Series
Caroline Walker Bynum
Wonderful Blood: Theology and Practice in Late Medieval Northern Germany and Beyond - The Middle Ages Series
Caroline Walker Bynum
Bynum argues that Christ's blood as both object and symbol was central to late medieval art, literature, and religious life. As cult object, blood provided a focus of theological debate about the nature of matter, body, and God and an occasion for Jewish persecution; as motif, blood became a central symbol in popular devotion.
456 pages, 34 illus.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | November 5, 2007 |
ISBN13 | 9780812220193 |
Publishers | University of Pennsylvania Press |
Pages | 456 |
Dimensions | 154 × 232 × 28 mm · 772 g |
Language | English |
Series Editor | Karras, Ruth Mazo |
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