Affective meditation and the invention of medieval compassion

Intimate scripts in the history of emotion -- Compassion and the making of a true Sponsa Christi -- The genealogy of a genre -- Franciscan meditation reconsidered -- Feeling like a woman -- Marian lament and the rise of a vernacular ethics -- Kyndenesse and resistance in the Middle English passion...

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Main Author: McNamer, Sarah (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press 2010
In:Year: 2010
Series/Journal:The middle ages series
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Middle English language / Devotional literature / Ascetic theology / Passion mysticism / Sympathy
B Middle English language / Christian literature / Ascetic theology / Passion mysticism / Sympathy / Religious poetry / History 1200-1500
Further subjects:B Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Devotion to History To 1500 England
B Compassion Religious aspects Christianity History To 1500
B Compassion Religious aspects Christianity History To 1500
B Devotional literature, English (Middle) History and criticism
B Femininity Religious aspects Christianity History To 1500
B Femininity Religious aspects Christianity History To 1500
B Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Devotion to (England) History To 1500
B Jesus Christ Passion Prayers and devotions History and criticism
B Emotions Religious aspects Christianity History To 1500
B Emotions Religious aspects Christianity History To 1500
B England Church history Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Summary:Intimate scripts in the history of emotion -- Compassion and the making of a true Sponsa Christi -- The genealogy of a genre -- Franciscan meditation reconsidered -- Feeling like a woman -- Marian lament and the rise of a vernacular ethics -- Kyndenesse and resistance in the Middle English passion lyric
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and indexes
ISBN:0812242114