"Zealous imitation": the materiality of the crusader's marked body
Drawing on textual evidence from across the Latin West and ranging from the eleventh to the fifteenth centuries, this paper explores the practice of crusader body-marking, whereby those who "took the cross" imposed cuts or brand-marks on themselves prior to their departure for the Holy Lan...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2018]
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Material religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 14, Issue: 4, Pages: 438-453 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Crusader
/ Discipleship of Christ
/ Body
/ Markierung
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages NBF Christology |
| Further subjects: | B
Crusades
B imitation of Christ B scarification B body-marking B Materiality B mortification of the flesh B Sign Of The Cross B Branding |
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