The boundaries of faith
Subtitle: the development and transmission of medieval spirituality
By: by John C. Hirsh.
Series: Studies in the history of Christian thought,; v. 67
Publisher: E.J. Brill
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Leiden; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
Subjects: Spirituality -- England -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.; Mysticism -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.; Mystics -- England.; Women and religion -- England -- History.; English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500.
Description: This volume deals with the ways in which religious Faith was communicated and adapted during the late medieval period and after, and with the ways in which spirituality, culture, written texts and gender interacted during the same period.

Drawing on texts like the Book of Margery Kempe, popular prayers, romances and devotions, well-known devout practices, mystical and visionary writing, and devout representations like the Arma Christi, the book addresses the ways in which these both informed and were informed by attitudes towards Faith and Belief which continue today.

Subjects include: the development of religious attitudes; devotion to Christ's blood; the influence of mysticism on literary texts; Chaucer's feminism; Eastern sources; and the transmission of medieval spirituality into the New World.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [172]-183) and index.