This important book analyzes the role of filth as the material counterpart of sin in medieval thought. Taking in a range of theology, historical documents, and literature from Augustine to Chaucer, this study forms a substantial new contribution to the history of the body.
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 2012-01-31
Language: English
Number of Pages: 266
Edition: 1
Series: Routledge Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture
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