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The Body in Mystery. The Political Theology of the Corpus Mysticum in the Literature of Reformation England.
Jennifer R. Rust
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Description for The Body in Mystery. The Political Theology of the Corpus Mysticum in the Literature of Reformation England.
Paperback. Series: Rethinking the Early Modern. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
In The Body in Mystery, Jennifer R. Rust engages the political concept of the mystical body of the commonwealth, the corpus mysticum of the medieval church. Rust argues that the communitarian ideal of sacramental sociality had a far longer afterlife than has been previously assumed. Reviving a critical discussion of the German historian Ernst Kantorowicz’s 1957 masterwork, The King’s Two Bodies: A Study in Mediaeval Political Theology, Rust brings to bear the latest scholarship. Her book expands the representation of the corpus mysticum through a range of literary genres as well as religious polemics and political discourses. Rust reclaims the ... Read more
In The Body in Mystery, Jennifer R. Rust engages the political concept of the mystical body of the commonwealth, the corpus mysticum of the medieval church. Rust argues that the communitarian ideal of sacramental sociality had a far longer afterlife than has been previously assumed. Reviving a critical discussion of the German historian Ernst Kantorowicz’s 1957 masterwork, The King’s Two Bodies: A Study in Mediaeval Political Theology, Rust brings to bear the latest scholarship. Her book expands the representation of the corpus mysticum through a range of literary genres as well as religious polemics and political discourses. Rust reclaims the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
Rethinking the Early Modern
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810129313
SKU
V9780810129313
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About Jennifer R. Rust
Jennifer R. Rust is an assistant professor of English at Saint Louis University, USA.
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