

Intimate Scripts in the History of EmotionĪt the center of medieval Christian culture, there was a human figure- male, once beautiful, dying on a cross. Works Cited 271 Index of Manuscripts 299 Index 300 Acknowledgments 307 Kyndenesse and Resistance in the Middle English Passion Lyric 174

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"Kyndenesse" and Resistance in the Middle English Passion Lyric 174Īffective Meditation and the Invention of Medieval Compassion Marian Lament and the Rise of a Vernacular Ethics 150Ħ. Performing Compassion in Late Medieval Englandĥ. Compassion and the Making of a True "Sponsa Christi" 25 Introduction: Intimate Scripts in the History of Emotion 1ġ.
