Bartered Bodies: Medieval Pilgrims and the Tissue of Faith
In The Bartered Body,' George Greenia disentangles the complex desires and experiences of religious travellers of the High Middle Ages who knew the spiritual usefulness of their vulnerable flesh. The bodily remains of the saints housed in pilgrim shrines were not just remnants of a redeemed pa...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Dublin Institute of Technology
[2019]
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The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
Year: 2019, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 38-51 |
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Saint
/ Female saint
/ Body
/ Relic
/ Pilgrimage
/ Bodiliness
/ Middle Ages
/ History 900-1250
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion CB Christian life; spirituality KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages NBK Soteriology |
| Further subjects: | B
Medieval
B Christian pilgrimage B Pilgrimage B Shrines B Danger B Middle Ages B Body B Relics |
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| Summary: | In The Bartered Body,' George Greenia disentangles the complex desires and experiences of religious travellers of the High Middle Ages who knew the spiritual usefulness of their vulnerable flesh. The bodily remains of the saints housed in pilgrim shrines were not just remnants of a redeemed past, but open portals for spiritual exchange with the living body of the visiting pilgrim. |
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| ISSN: | 2009-7379 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.21427/HRMH-KX63 |