Theater, Gender, and Religion in Late Medieval England
by
Theresa Coletti
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
A sinner-saint who embraced then renounced sexual and worldly pleasures; a woman who, through her attachment to Jesus, embodied both erotic and sacred power; a symbol of penance and an exemplar of contemplative and passionate devotion: perhaps no figure stood closer to the center of late medieval...