Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction. Intimate Scripts in the History of Emotion 1
4. PART I. The Origins of an Affective Mode
5. 1. Compassion and the Making of a True Sponsa Christi 25
6. 2. The Genealogy of a Genre 58
7. 3. Franciscan Meditation Reconsidered 86
8. PART II. Performing Compassion in Late Medieval England
9. 4. Feeling Like a Woman 119
10. 5. Marian Lament and the Rise of a Vernacular Ethics 150
11. 6. Kyndenesse and Resistance in the Middle English Passion Lyric 174
12. Notes 207
13. Works Cited 271
14. Index of Manuscripts 299
15. Index 300
16. Acknowledgments 307