| Author | : Caroline Walker Bynum |
| File Size | : 41,7 Mb |
| Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 07 May 2024 |
| ISBN | : 0812239857 |
| Pages | : 468 pages |
Wonderful Blood by Caroline Walker Bynum Book PDF Summary
Bynum argues that Christ's blood as both object and symbol was central to late medieval art, literature, and religious life. As cult object, blood provided a focus of theological debate about the nature of matter, body, and God and an occasion for Jewish persecution; as motif, blood became a central symbol in popular devotion.