Author | : Caroline Walker Bynum |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 457 |
Release | : 2007-11-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0812220196 |
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.