ISBN In Praise of Holy Men. Type boekomslag. Paperback Geschreven door. Heidi Pauwels Uitgever. Brill... Lees meer.

We are easily surprised to see the gap between the progress that has been made and are constantly being made in the field of physical-mathematical sciences and the difficulty of finding similar progress in the field of social and human knowledge in fact. in these f... Lees meer.

The aim of this book is to investigate the delicate relationship between female sanctity and madness in a time-frame extending from medieval until contemporary times. Constellated by visions ecstatic raptures morbid rituals stigmata and obsessions the complex pheno... Lees meer.

In this study of sexuality desire the body and women Liz Wilson investigates first-millennium Buddhist notions of spirituality. She argues that despite the marginal role women played in monastic life they occupied a very conspicuous place in Buddhist hagiographic li... Lees meer.

The history that is studied in schools and universities appears only to be a series of events similar to those of fantasy of the same value as novels but with a series of dates which make reading very boring also in relation to the fact that the dates are placed in... Lees meer.

The 13th century was the golden age of French verse hagiography and more than half of the 200 extant French saint s lives date from this period. Among the saints exalted are 13 female martyrs and hermits of early Christianity. In The Lady as Saint Brigitte Cazelles o... Lees meer.

This book discusses the ways in which early modern hagiographic sources can be used to study lived religion and everyday life from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century. This book discusses the ways in which early modern hagiographic sources can be used to study li... Lees meer.

This book discusses the ways in which early modern hagiographic sources can be used to study lived religion and everyday life from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century. For several decades saints lives other spiritual biographies miracle narratives canonisation... Lees meer.

This study places the Scottish compilation of saints legends within the hagiographic landscape of medieval Britain. This is the first book-length study of the late-fourteenth-century Scottish Legendary the only extant collection of saints lives in the vernacular fr... Lees meer.

This study places the Scottish compilation of saints legends within the hagiographic landscape of medieval Britain.... Lees meer.