79 research outputs found
The Bride of Christ Goes to Hell : Metaphor and Embodiment in the Lives of Pious Women, 200-1500 /
No full textFollowing a long trajectory from Late Antiquity to the High Middle Ages, Dyan Elliott offers a provocative analysis of the changing religious, emotional, and sexual meanings of the metaphor of the sponsa Christi and of the increasing anxiety surrounding the somatization of female spirituality.Following a long trajectory from Late Antiquity to the High Middle Ages, Dyan Elliott offers a provocative analysis of the changing religious, emotional, and sexual meanings of the metaphor of the sponsa Christi and of the increasing anxiety surrounding the somatization of female spirituality.Electronic reproduction.Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.Dyan Elliott is Peter B. Ritzma Professor of the Humanities in the Department of History at Northwestern University. She is the author of Fallen Bodies: Pollution, Sexuality, and Demonology in the Middle Ages, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher’s Web site, viewed October 27 2015
Dyan Elliott. — Spiritual Marriage : Sexual Abstinence in Medieval Wedlock. Princeton, Univers. Pr., 1993.
No full textBullough Vern L., Debiès Marie-Hélène. Dyan Elliott. — Spiritual Marriage : Sexual Abstinence in Medieval Wedlock. Princeton, Univers. Pr., 1993.. In: Cahiers de civilisation médiévale, 38e année, supplément annuel 1995. Comptes Rendus. pp. 26-27
Elliott, Dyan, "Spiritual Marriage: Sexual Abstinence in Medieval Wedlock."
No full textSpiritual Marriage: Sexual Abstinence in Medieval Wedloc
Dyan Elliott. - Fallen Bodies : Pollution, Sexuality, and Demonology in the Middle Ages. Philadelphie, University of Pennsylvania Pr., 1999 (The Middle Age Series) Allen J. Frantzen. - Before the Closet : Same-Sex Love from Beowulf to Angels in America. Chicago, Univ. of Chicago Pr., 1998.
No full textW. Baldwin John. Dyan Elliott. - Fallen Bodies : Pollution, Sexuality, and Demonology in the Middle Ages. Philadelphie, University of Pennsylvania Pr., 1999 (The Middle Age Series) Allen J. Frantzen. - Before the Closet : Same-Sex Love from Beowulf to Angels in America. Chicago, Univ. of Chicago Pr., 1998.. In: Cahiers de civilisation médiévale, 44e année (n°174), Avril-juin 2001. pp. 178-180
Medieval Holy Women in the Christian Tradition c.1100-c.1500, edited by Alastair Minnis and Rosalynn Voaden
No full textLe terme de “sainteté” désigne dans ce volume un champ plus large que celui considéré traditionnellement, incluant, en dehors des «saintes» reconnues, des visionnaires et plus généralement des figures «who found theological voice and profoundly influenced the spiritual practice of those around them» (p. 1). Après l’«Introduction» (par Alastair Minnis et Rosalynn Voaden, pp. 1-9), une première section rassemble cinq «Introductory Essays»: Dyan Elliott, Flesh and Spirit: The Female Body, pp. 13..
Medieval Holy Women in the Christian Tradition c.1100-c.1500, edited by Alastair Minnis and Rosalynn Voaden
No full textLe terme de “sainteté” désigne dans ce volume un champ plus large que celui considéré traditionnellement, incluant, en dehors des «saintes» reconnues, des visionnaires et plus généralement des figures «who found theological voice and profoundly influenced the spiritual practice of those around them» (p. 1). Après l’«Introduction» (par Alastair Minnis et Rosalynn Voaden, pp. 1-9), une première section rassemble cinq «Introductory Essays»: Dyan Elliott, Flesh and Spirit: The Female Body, pp. 13..
Recommended from our members
The corrupter of boys ::sodomy, scandal, and the medieval clergy /
No full text"In the fourth century, clerics began to distinguish themselves from members of the laity by virtue of augmented claims to holiness. Because clerical celibacy was key to this distinction, religious authorities of all stripes-patristic authors, popes, theologians, canonists, monastic founders, and commentators-became progressively sensitive to sexual scandals that involved the clergy and developed sophisticated tactics for concealing or dispelling embarrassing lapses. The fear of scandal dictated certain lines of action and inaction, the consequences of which are painfully apparent today. This book discusses how the scandal-averse policies, which existed at every conceivable level of the ecclesiastical hierarchy, in conjunction with the requirement of clerical celibacy, resulted in the widespread sexual abuse of boys and male adolescents"-
- …
