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The Symbolism of Marriage in Early Christianity and the Latin Middle Ages: Images, Impact, Cognition

by Line Cecilie Engh, Abigail Firey

  • Hardback
  • 354 pages
  • Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
  • 16.1 x 23.7 x 2.6 cm

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For theology students and medieval historians

Explains how marriage symbolism shaped ancient thought

Gain deeper insight into the roots of Christian ideas

A compelling exploration of how medieval society used marriage imagery to define spiritual and social relationships.

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In the middle ages everyone, it seems, entered into some form of marriage. Nuns - and even some monks - married the bridegroom Christ. Bishops married their sees. The popes, as vicars of Christ, married the universal church. And lay men, high and low, married carnal woman. What unites these marriages was their common reference to the union of Chris
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  • Title

    The Symbolism of Marriage in Early Christianity and the Latin Middle Ages: Images, Impact, Cognition

  • Authors

    Line Cecilie Engh +4

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Amsterdam University Press

  • Published

    November 2019

  • Weight

    613g

  • Page Count

    354

  • Dimensions

    16.1 x 23.7 x 2.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9789462985919

  • ISBN-10

    946298591X

  • Eden Code

    5090057

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