Fleshly Things and Spiritual Matters : Studies on the Medieval Body in Honour of Margaret Bridges
ISBN: 9781443828208
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Cambridge Scholars Publisher
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time
Subjects: Literature;

This book offers fresh insights into the plethora of medieval bodies and the multiple perspectives that can be assumed in their discussion. The ten essays by internationally renowned scholars and young academics encompass diverse approaches to the body such as the function of gestures, the gendered gaze, the bodyOCOs spatial and geographical positioning, the (dis)integrity of the body or the connection between linguistic uses of OCybodyOCO and physical bodies. While most of the contributions of thi..."


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