Ringleaders of redemption : how medieval dance became sacred / Kathryn Dickason.

9780197527306 (electronic book)

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.

English

1 online resource (392 pages) : illustrations.

GV1783.5

246.7

In popular thought, Christianity is often figured as being opposed to dance. Throughout the medieval era, the Latin Church denounced and prohibited dancing, often aligning it with demonic intervention, lust, pride, and sacrilege. However, 'Ringleaders of Redemption' reveals how the historical sources - including biblical commentaries, sermons, saints' lives, ecclesiastical statutes, mystical treatises, vernacular literature, and iconography from France, Italy, Germany, England, Spain, and beyond - tell a different story.

In popular thought, Christianity is often figured as being opposed to dance. Throughout the medieval era, the Latin Church denounced and prohibited dancing, often aligning it with demonic intervention, lust, pride, and sacrilege. However, 'Ringleaders of Redemption' reveals how the historical sources - including biblical commentaries, sermons, saints' lives, ecclesiastical statutes, mystical treatises, vernacular literature, and iconography from France, Italy, Germany, England, Spain, and beyond - tell a different story.

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Oxford studies in historical theology.
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