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

by John C. Hirsh

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004104283
• ISBN13: 9789004104280
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.7"