Publications and Research
Document Type
Book Chapter or Section
Publication Date
2011
Abstract
This essay draws upon a poetic and devotional texts from late medieval Spain to show how public displays of emotion (weeping, in particular) during penitential processions could be learned and prepared for in advance.
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Comments
This book chapter originally appeared in Crying in the Middle Ages: Tears of History, edited by Elina Gertsman.