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The Vicarious Middle Ages: Penitents and Their Proxies in Medieval Europe, 200–1550

Description:

“The Vicarious Middle Ages” investigates the religious and cultural history of proxy penance where medieval Christians believed that it was possible to suffer on behalf of another person. In proxy penance, one person completed a penitential work for another, who received the spiritual benefit. From the third until the sixteenth...

Keyword:

Proxy, Pilgrimage, Empathy, Beguine, Theology, and Penance

Subject:

History

Creator:

Gavin Fort

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Date Uploaded:

04/13/2018

Date Modified:

01/28/2019

Date Created:

2017-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation