Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-297) and indexes.
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Intimate scripts in the history of emotion -- Compassion and the making of a true Sponsa Christi -- The genealogy of a genre -- Franciscan meditation reconsidered -- Feeling like a woman -- Marian lament and the rise of a vernacular ethics -- Kyndenesse and resistance in the Middle English passion lyric.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book offers a new history of a major medieval genre, affective meditations on the Passion. It argues that women were instrumental in the creation of this genre, and it illuminates how these scripts for the performance of prayer served to construct compassion itself as an intimate and feminine emotion.
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Title
Affective meditation and the invention of medieval compassion.
International Standard Book Number
9780812242119
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Jesus Christ-- Passion-- Prayers and devotions-- History and criticism.
Jesus Christ-- Passion-- Prayers and devotions-- History and criticism.
Jesus Christ
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Compassion-- Religious aspects-- Christianity-- History-- To 1500.
Devotional literature, English (Middle)-- History and criticism.
Devotional literature, Italian-- History and criticism.
Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)-- History and criticism.
Emotions-- Religious aspects-- Christianity-- History-- To 1500.
Femininity-- Religious aspects-- Christianity-- History-- To 1500.
Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Devotion to-- England-- History-- To 1500.
Compassion-- Religious aspects-- Christianity
Devotional literature, English (Middle)
Devotional literature, Italian
Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)