Spiritual Marriage. Sexual abstinence in medieval wedlock. - Elliott, Dyan.
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"As a paradigm patterned after the chaste union of Mary and Joseph, spiritual marriage upheld Christian doctrine; as a spontaneous practice, however, it aroused the suspicion of the very church authorities who extolled its virtues. Through this union women could achieve a measure of spiritual and physical autonomy, which threatened not only their husbands' authority but also that of the clergy. Elliott shows how spiritual marriage could be manipulated by male-dominated institutions as well: it enabled early...
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1993 Uitgever: Princeton University Press 376 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0691010889 ISBN-13: 9780691010885Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Paperback. xvi,376 pp.; 23.5 cm. Text in English. - Very good, as new. See picture. 560 [Auteur: Elliott, Dyan.] [Uitgever: Princeton University Press] [Jaar: 1993] [Titel: Spiritual Marriage. Sexual abstinence in medieval wedlock.]