Sight and Embodiment in the Middle Ages
Subtitle: Ocular Desires
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: September 14, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780333961209
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1000 to c 1500; European history: c 500 to c 1500; Theory of art; c 1000 CE to c 1500; Philosophy; History: World; British Isles; Europe; Christianity - History - General; History & Surveys - Medieval; History - Medieval; Religion / Christianity; Christianity - General; History - General; Medieval; Body, Human (Philosophy); Christianity; History; History of doctrines; Middle Ages, 600-1500; Religious aspects; To 1500; Vision
First sentence: As idea and as substance, medieval flesh was by definition elusive.