Ringleaders of redemption : how medieval dance became sacred /
"In popular thought, Christianity is often figured as being opposed to dance. Conventional scholarship traces this controversy back to the Middle Ages. Throughout the medieval era, the Latin Church denounced and prohibited dancing in religious and secular realms, often aligning it with demonic...
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2021]
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| Series: | Oxford studies in historical theology.
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Table of Contents:
- Part I: Gracing the Idols. 1. Dance Typologies: The Medieval Bible ; 2. Ghost Dancers: The Saints ; 3. Dance of the Hours: The Liturgy
- Part II: Grace before its Master. 4. Discipline and Redemption: Dances of Penitence ; 5. Partnering Divinity: Mystical Dancers ; 6. Romancing the Dance ; 7. Decadence and Death
- Epilogue: Mastering Grace.