Author: Caroline Walker BynumPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812239850
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Bynum argues that Christ's blood as both object and symbol was central to late medieval art, literature, and religious life. As cult object, blood provided a focus of theological debate about the nature of matter, body, and God and an occasion for Jewish persecution; as motif, blood became a central symbol in popular devotion.
