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Index of Biblical Passages
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter 1
- Table of Contents 5
- List of Illustrations 6
- Acknowledgements 9
- Abbreviations 11
- 1. Introduction: A Case Study of Symbolic Cognition 13
- 2. Conjugal and Nuptial Symbolism in Medieval Christian Thought 37
- 3. Marriage Symbolism and Social Reality in the New Testament: Husbands and Wives, Christ and the Church 91
- 4. Single Marriage and Priestly Identity: A Symbol and its Functions in Ancient Christianity 111
- 5. ‘Put on the dress of a wife, so that you might preserve your virginity’: Virgins as Brides of Christ in the Writings of Tertullian 131
- 6. Veiled Threats: Constraining Religious Women in the Carolingian Empire 155
- 7. Double Standards?: Medieval Marriage Symbolism and Christian Views on the Muslim Paradise 179
- 8. Marriage, Maternity, and the Formation of a Sacramental Imagination: Stories for Cistercian Monks and Nuns around the Year 1200 203
- 9. Marriage Symbolism in Illuminated Manuscripts of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: Visualization and Interpretation 231
- 10. ‘His left arm is under my head and his right arm shall embrace me’: The Bride and the Bridegroom in Trastevere 259
- 11. Marriage in the Divine Office: Nuptial Metaphors in the Medieval Conception of the Officium 281
- 12. What Kind of Marriage Did Pope Innocent III Really Enter Into?: Marriage Symbolism and Papal Authority 301
- 13. ‘Please don’t mind if I got this wrong’: Christ’s Spiritual Marriage and the Law of the Late Medieval Western Church 329
- Index of Biblical Passages 349
- Index of Names 353
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter 1
- Table of Contents 5
- List of Illustrations 6
- Acknowledgements 9
- Abbreviations 11
- 1. Introduction: A Case Study of Symbolic Cognition 13
- 2. Conjugal and Nuptial Symbolism in Medieval Christian Thought 37
- 3. Marriage Symbolism and Social Reality in the New Testament: Husbands and Wives, Christ and the Church 91
- 4. Single Marriage and Priestly Identity: A Symbol and its Functions in Ancient Christianity 111
- 5. ‘Put on the dress of a wife, so that you might preserve your virginity’: Virgins as Brides of Christ in the Writings of Tertullian 131
- 6. Veiled Threats: Constraining Religious Women in the Carolingian Empire 155
- 7. Double Standards?: Medieval Marriage Symbolism and Christian Views on the Muslim Paradise 179
- 8. Marriage, Maternity, and the Formation of a Sacramental Imagination: Stories for Cistercian Monks and Nuns around the Year 1200 203
- 9. Marriage Symbolism in Illuminated Manuscripts of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: Visualization and Interpretation 231
- 10. ‘His left arm is under my head and his right arm shall embrace me’: The Bride and the Bridegroom in Trastevere 259
- 11. Marriage in the Divine Office: Nuptial Metaphors in the Medieval Conception of the Officium 281
- 12. What Kind of Marriage Did Pope Innocent III Really Enter Into?: Marriage Symbolism and Papal Authority 301
- 13. ‘Please don’t mind if I got this wrong’: Christ’s Spiritual Marriage and the Law of the Late Medieval Western Church 329
- Index of Biblical Passages 349
- Index of Names 353
