Holy Feast and Holy Fast: The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women
1987·464 pages
Scholarly study of food, fasting, and eucharistic devotion in the religious lives of medieval European women, 1200-1500.
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Scholarly study of food, fasting, and eucharistic devotion in the religious lives of medieval European women, 1200-1500.
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In the period between 1200 and 1500 in western Europe, a number of religious women gained widespread veneration and even canonization as saints for their extraordinary devotion to the Christian eucharist, supernatural multiplications of food and drink, and miracles of bodily manipulation, including stigmata and inedia (living without eating). The occurrence of such phenomena sheds much light on the nature of medieval society and medieval religion. It also forms a chapter in the history of women....
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Sexual content
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No romantic or sexual content depicted.
Violence & gore
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Historical accounts of stigmata and bodily mortification in saints' lives.
Profanity
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No profanity or strong language.
Substance use
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No substance use depicted.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ representation or themes.
Religious content
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Central focus on medieval Christian eucharist devotion, fasting, saints, and piety.
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic or witchcraft elements.
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonological content.
Political content
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Explores gender roles and women's agency via feminist and anthropological analysis.
Self-harm / suicide
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Historical religious fasting, inedia, and ascetic bodily practices.
Abuse & suffering
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Accounts of physical suffering through fasting and stigmata in saints' lives.
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