Ordained to be a Mirror: Imitation, Reflection and Liminality in The Book of Margery Kempe – Bc. Marcela Vavřinová
Bc. Marcela Vavřinová
Master's thesis
Ordained to be a Mirror: Imitation, Reflection and Liminality in The Book of Margery Kempe
Ordained to be a Mirror: Imitation, Reflection and Liminality in The Book of Margery Kempe
Abstract:
This thesis analyzes a late medieval woman mystic Margery Kempe in the context of her status as a divine mirror and its attributes: imitation, reflection, and liminality. The Book of Margery Kempe presents a unique devotional expression of lay medieval piety and the influence that the affective tradition had on the community.Abstract:
This thesis analyzes a late medieval woman mystic Margery Kempe in the context of her status as a divine mirror and its attributes: imitation, reflection, and liminality. The Book of Margery Kempe presents a unique devotional expression of lay medieval piety and the influence that the affective tradition had on the community.
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 3. 6. 2009
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/akj2u/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 15. 6. 2009
- Supervisor: doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D.
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VAVŘINOVÁ, Marcela. \textit{Ordained to be a Mirror: Imitation, Reflection and Liminality in The Book of Margery Kempe}. Online. Master's thesis. Brno: Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts. 2009. Available from: https://theses.cz/id/hbcaku/.
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Philology / English Language and Literature
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