Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction: In Search of Transformative Waters
- Chapter One A Very ‘Able’ Element
- Chapter Two Cleaning the Soul
- Chapter Three Speech and Scripture
- Chapter Four Transformative Immersion
- Chapter Five Blood and Water
- Conclusion Reading Water
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 January 2023
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction: In Search of Transformative Waters
- Chapter One A Very ‘Able’ Element
- Chapter Two Cleaning the Soul
- Chapter Three Speech and Scripture
- Chapter Four Transformative Immersion
- Chapter Five Blood and Water
- Conclusion Reading Water
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgements
Summary
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- Transformative Waters in Late-Medieval LiteratureFrom Aelred of Rievaulx to <i>The Book of Margery Kempe</i>, pp. ix - xPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2021