The Divine Dinner Party: Domestic Imagery and Easter Preaching in Late Medieval England

When Margery Kempe imagines each member of the Trinity sitting within the chamber of her soul on a cushion of an appropriate color, she uses familiar household furnishings to develop a metaphor that helps explain a complex theological concept, while at the same time creating the sense that these ide...

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Auteur principal: Johnson, Holly 1956- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: 2012
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Année: 2012, Volume: 67, Pages: 385-415
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