Wonderful Blood: Theology and Practice in Late Medieval Northern Germany and Beyond

Wonderful Blood: Theology and Practice in Late Medieval Northern Germany and Beyond
ISBN-10
0812220196
ISBN-13
9780812220193
Category
History
Pages
402
Language
English
Published
2007-11-05
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Author
Caroline Walker Bynum

Description

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.

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