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Christ's body : identity, culture and society in late medieval writings / Sarah Beckwith.

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author:	Beckwith, Sarah, 1959-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, ©1996.
Subjects:	Jesus Christ > Crucifixion. Christian art and symbolism > Medieval, 500-1500. Devotional literature > History and criticism. Human body > Religious aspects > Christianity. Jesus Christ. Christian art and symbolism > Medieval. Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Devotional literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of Contents:

1. The transcendent and the historical : inventing the discourse of mysticism
2. Christ's body and the imaging of social order
3. 'Dyverse imaginaciouns of crystes lyf' : subjectivity, embodiment and crucifixion piety
4. The uses of Corpus Christi and 'The Book Of Margery Kempe'