medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Marco, I guess you've checked Caroline Walker Bynum's work, always
extravagantly documented. E.g.,
“The Blood of Christ in the Later Middle Ages.” *Church History* 71
(2002): 685–714;
and her book *Wonderful Blood* with its huge bibliography:
http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/14270.html
On 30 January 2018 at 07:20, Catherine Mooney <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Bathing in the blood of Christ was a current metaphor in Italy. I would
> point you especially to the writings of the 14th-century Catherine of
> Siena. Suzanne Noffke's 4-vol. translation of Catherine's letters have
> excellent critical apparatus - check the backs of the volumes, and the
> indices. They allow you to track an array of metaphors related to bathing,
> drinking, swimming, etc in blood. The same can be found in her treatise *Il
> Dialogo*.
>
> Cathy Mooney
>
> On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 11:51 AM, Marco Piana, Mr <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
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>> Dear all,
>>
>>
>>
>> My name is Marco Piana, and I am a Ph.D. student at McGill University,
>> Montreal. During the last months, I have been working on an article on
>> blood devotion in early modern Italy. One of my case studies involves a
>> vision/prophecy where people convert to Christianity by bathing into the
>> blood of Christ. I was wondering if it is a consistent topos in medieval
>> Christianity, and if so, if you ever encountered a similar case.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you very much in advance!
>>
>>
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>>
>>
>> Marco
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