medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
is this it?
Jane Tibbetts Schulenburg. "The Heroics of Virginity: Brides of Christ
and Sacrificial Mutilation." In Women in the Middle Ages and the
Renaissance: Literary and Historical Perspectives. ed. Mary Beth Rose.
Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1986: 29-72
On Jan 21, 2005, at 12:51 PM, Nancy Caciola wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
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> Hello,
>
> Jane Tibbetts-Schulenburg has an article about the practice of
> piously-motivated female self-mutilation -- it should be exactly what
> you need. Unfortunately, I do not have the reference handy, but I
> believe the title includes the phrase "Sacrificial Mutilation." Perhaps
> someone else know the full reference.
>
> bnest,
> Nancy Caciola
> History/ Program for the Study of Religion
> UCSD
>
> richard landes wrote:
>
>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
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>> i remember reading about a woman who mutilated her face to join the
>> beguines because they refused her because she was too beautiful. does
>> anyone have the reference? is there a treatment of beguine attitudes
>> towards physical beauty?
>> r
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