The Permeable Self Five Medieval Relationships

The Permeable Self offers medievalists new insight into the appeal and dangers of the erotics of pedagogy; the remarkable influence of courtly romance conventions on hagiography and mysticism; and the unexpected ways that pregnancy--often devalued in mothers--could be positively ascribed to men, vir...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Newman, Barbara
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania Press 2021, ©2021
Series:The Middle Ages series
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Collection: DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • The Permeable Self
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Illustrations
  • Introduction. Members of One Another
  • Chapter 1. Teacher and Student: Shaping Boys
  • Chapter 2. Saint and Sinner: Reading Minds
  • Chapter 3. Lovers: Exchanging Hearts
  • Chapter 4. Mother and Child: Giving Birth
  • Chapter 5. God and the Devil: Possessing Souls
  • Conclusion, or Why It Still Matters
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments