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Fallen Bodies: Pollution, Sexuality, and Demonology in the Middle Ages

By Dyan Elliott

Book information

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Year
1998
ISBN
081223460X, 9780812234602
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
19 MB (19808403 bytes)
Series
Middle Ages Series
Edition
1st
Pages
300\313
Time added
2014-04-15 08:16:01

Description

Medieval clerics believed that original sin had rendered their 'fallen bodies' vulnerable to corrupting impulses. They feared that their corporeal frailty left them susceptible to demonic forces bent on penetrating and polluting their bodies and souls. This book examines issues generated by fears of pollution, sexuality, and demonology.

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