Touching, Devotional Practices, and Visionary Experience in the Late Middle Ages

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Carrillo-Rangel, David (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Nieto-Isabel, Delfi I. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Acosta-García, Pablo (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Europe-History-476-1492.; Religion-History.; Social history.; Literature-History and criticism.; History of Medieval Europe.; History of Religion.; Social History.; Literary History.

This book addresses the history of the senses in relation to affective piety and its role in devotional practices in the late Middle Ages, focusing on the sense of touch. It argues that only by deeply analysing this specific context of perception can the full significance of sensory religious experi...