Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Introduction 1
4. Chapter 1. A Match Made in Heaven 9
5. Chapter 2. The Church Fathers and the Embodied Bride 30
6. Chapter 3. The Barbarian Queen 63
7. Chapter 4. An Age of Affect, 1050–1200 (1) 106
8. Chapter 5. An Age of Affect, 1050–1200 (2) 150
9. Chapter 6. The Eroticized Bride of Hagiography 174
10. Chapter 7. Descent into Hell 233
11. Conclusion 280
12. Abbreviations 287
13. Notes 293
14. Bibliography 409
15. Index 451