Joan of Arc is a popular historical figure, recreated and reinvented in many modern films, poems and in narrative prose. In this book Ann Astell asks why post-Enlightenment writers chose Joan of Arc a
Eleven papers, from a conference held in Wisconsin in 1992, focus on specific people or movements from the Middle Ages and from the 20th century in order to define the spiritual characteristics of the
Ann W. Astell explores the ambiguity of the phrase "eating beauty." The phrase evokes the destruction of beauty, the devouring mouth of the grave, the mouth of hell.
The Song of Songs in the Middle Ages is a wide-ranging and insightful book that is carefully researched and gracefully written. It is of importance alike to those interested in mysticism, Middle Engli
"The enigmatic link between the natural and artistic beauty that is to be contemplated but not eaten, on the one hand, and the eucharistic beauty that is both seen (with the eyes of faith) and eaten,
This collection of essays focuses on sacrifice in the context of Jewish and Christian scripture and is inspired by the thought and writings of Rene Girard. The contributors engage in a dialogue with G
Joan of Arc is an unusual saint. Canonized in 1920 as a virgin, she died in 1431 as a condemned heretic. Uneducated, militant, and youthful, she obeyed "Voices" that counseled her to pursue an unpre
Medievalists, almost all in the US, present 19 essays on historical and literary women in the Middle Ages, covering Old and Middle English literature, Arthurian then and now, Joan of Arc then and now,
