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Medieval European Literature - Literary Criticism, Medieval History - Religious Aspects, Religion - Europe, Middle Ages - Church History, 1066-1485 (Medieval Period) - British History, Medieval English Literature - Literary Criticism, Religious Rituals &
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The Powers of the Holy

by David Aers, Lynn Staley
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Overview

This book explores certain configurations of holiness, especially representations of Christ's humanity, and certain configurations of gender, especially as they are used in some of Chaucer's explorations of contemporary political conflicts.

About the Author, David Aers,Lynn Staley

David Aers is Professor of English and Religion at Duke University. He is the co-editor of The Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies and author of, most recently, Culture and History, 1350–1600 (1992) and Community, Gender, and Individual Identity: English Writing, 1360–1430 (1988).

Lynn Staley is Harrington and Shirley Drake Professor of the Humanities at Colgate University. Her most recent books include Margery Kempe's Dissenting Fictions (Penn State, 1994), The Shepheardes Calendar: An Introduction (Penn State, 1990), and an edition of The Book of Margery Kempe (1996)

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Book Details

Published
September 15, 1996
Publisher
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 1996.
Pages
520
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780271015422

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