The Colour of Angels uncovers the gender politics behind our attitude to the senses. Using a wide variety of examples, ranging from the sensuous religious visions of the middle ages through to nineteenth-century art movements, this book reveals a previously unexplored area of womens history.

Color of Angels

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Classen

Psychology & Counseling

Routledge

Communication, Translation, and Community in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period: New Cultural-Historical and Literary Perspectives (Fundamentals of Medieval and Early Modern Culture, 26)

Literature & Fiction

ALBRECHT

History & Criticism

Walter de Gruyter

<p><p>This book brings together, in a modern English translation, a selection of relevant medieval texts that are determined by wisdom. Mostly hidden in a literary framework, the messages contained in these excerpts prove to be highly valuable for all people throughout time, addressing ethical, moral, and religious values and ideals. Critical discussions of the meaning of wisdom frame the text anthology.</p></p>

Wisdom from the European Middle Ages

History

Europe

Peter Lang

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