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The Resurrection of the Body

Authors and Saints in Renaissance Italy

by Caroline Walker Bynum

  • Hardback
  • 384 pages
  • Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
  • 15.9 x 23.6 x 2.8 cm

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In their study of Christian visions of the afterlife and of apocalypse, religious historians have concentrated almost exclusively on the fate of the soul. But for medieval people, the fate of the body in resurrection posed the most troubling questions: if my body is resurrected, which of the many possible bodies will return - the child, the young adult, or the old woman?; or, if my body is dissolved in the grave, in what form will it come back? This study redresses the balance of historical inquiry by examining the idea of bodily resurrection in the ancient and medieval West with respect to persecution and conversion, social hierarchy, and cultural burial practices. Examining several periods between the 3rd and 14th centuries in which discussions of the body were central to Western eschatology, it suggests that Western attitudes toward the body that arose from these discussions still underlie our modern notions of the individual. Of particular interest is Bynum's investigation of the medieval use of metaphor in the debates surrounding material resurrection.By insisting that such debates must be understood in the context of burial practices and of gender and social status, she challenges views on hierarchy and difference.
The Resurrection of the Body and Christian Materiality
Christian MaterialityThe Resurrection of the Body

  • Author

    Caroline Walker Bynum

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton

  • Published

    January 1995

  • Weight

    768g

  • Page Count

    384

  • Dimensions

    15.9 x 23.6 x 2.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780231081269

  • ISBN-10

    023108126X

  • Eden Code

    1147696

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