Crying in the Middle Ages: Tears of History

by Elina Gertsman

Book Overview

Sacred and profane, public and private, emotive and ritualistic, internal and embodied, medieval weeping served as a culturally charged prism for a host of social, visual, cognitive, and linguistic performances. Crying in the Middle Ages addresses the place of tears in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic cultural discourses, providing a key resource for scholars interested in exploring medieval notions of emotion, gesture, and sensory experience in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415744199
• ISBN13: 9780415744195
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.7"