The Boundaries of Faith: The Development and Transmission of Medieval Spirituality

This volume deals with the ways in which religious Faith was communicated and adapted during the late medieval period and after, and with the ways in which spirituality, culture, written texts and gender interacted during the same period. Drawing on texts like the "Book of Margery Kempe, popular prayers, romances and devotions, well-known devout practices, mystical and visionary writing, and devout representations like the "Arma Christi, the book addresses the ways in which these both informed and were informed by attitudes towards Faith and Belief which continue today. Subjects include: the development of religious attitudes; devotion to Christ's blood; the influence of mysticism on literary texts; Chaucer's feminism; Eastern sources; and the transmission of medieval spirituality into the New World.

About the author

John C. Hirsh is Professor of English and American Literature at Georgetown University. He has published extensively on late medieval literature and spirituality, including (cu The Revelations of Margery Kempe: Paramystical Practices in Later Medieval England

Product details

• Authors: John C Hirsh, John C. Hirsh
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.1996
• EAN: 9789004104280
• ISBN: 978-90-04-10428-0
• No. of pages: 204
• Dimensions: 166 mm x 248 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 514 g
• Series: Studies in the History of Chri
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries