Bride of Christ Goes to Hell

Following a long trajectory from late antiquity to the high Middle Ages, Dyan Elliott offers a provocative analysis of the changing religious, emotional, and sexual meanings of the metaphor of the sponsa Christi and of the increasing anxiety surrounding the somatization of female spirituality.

Dupa o lunga traiectorie de la antichitatea tarzie pana la Evul Mediu inalt, Dyan Elliott ofera o analiza provocatoare a semnificatiilor religioase, emotionale si sexuale in schimbare ale metaforelor sponsa Christi si ale anxietatii crescande din jurul somatizarii spiritualitatii feminine.