The Play of Love, 1230–1578: A Case Study and Edition

This article offers the first comprehensive history of the "play of love"—a similitude that compares God's withdrawal in temptation to a mother at play with her young child—from its origin in Ancrene Wisse through its subsequent appearances in English and Latin devotional writing. In...

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Main Author: Strub, Spencer (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2024
In: Journal of medieval religious cultures
Year: 2024, Volume: 50, Issue: 2, Pages: 159-183
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages
KAF Church history 1300-1500; late Middle Ages
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBF British Isles
KCA Monasticism; religious orders
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