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Image from Odilon Redon’s series Tentation de saint Antoine from 1896
  • by cheresearchers
  • Posted on September 8, 2020September 4, 2020

Acedia

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Manuscript image of St Cuthbert addressing a crowd from his hermitage
  • by cheresearchers
  • Posted on July 31, 2020

The virtues and vexations of voluntary isolation in early medieval England

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Image of archangel Gabriel, thirteenth-century icon from the Monastery of St Catherine, Sinai, Egypt.
  • by cheresearchers
  • Posted on June 1, 2018May 24, 2018

Tears of Compunction in Byzantine Hymnody

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A view of the Béguinage, through trees; a nun walks to left in centre; a spire is visible behind. Illustration to 'Western Flanders' by Laurence Binyon and William Strang, published by the Unicorn Press in 1899. 1898 Etching and drypoint © The Trustees of the British Museum
  • by cheresearchers
  • Posted on May 18, 2018May 18, 2018

The Power of Gifts in Early Modern Convents

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Fastentuch from the Benedictine convent of Lüne, c.1300–1325, detail of the crucifixion with the Virgin and John the Evangelist. Photograph Bevin Butler, reproduced with permission.
  • by cheresearchers
  • Posted on April 1, 2018April 1, 2018

‘In memory of our sorrow’: Lenten Veils and Emotions

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Chartres Cathedral, showing light from chandeliers and candles reflecting from metallic surfaces. Photograph in public domain.
  • by cheresearchers
  • Posted on March 11, 2018March 12, 2018

Light, Beauty and Emotions in Chartres Cathedral

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‘The Divine Mill’ (1521), by Martin Seger (www.e-rara.ch) Christ pours grain into a mill, which is then gathered by Erasmus and baked into the gospel by Luther. This ‘bread’, which takes on the form of books, is rejected by monks, bishops, and the pope.
  • by cheresearchers
  • Posted on November 10, 2017November 15, 2017

Erasmus on the Arts in Luther’s Reformation: A Tragedy

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  • by cheresearchers
  • Posted on November 3, 2017October 19, 2017

Forest Spirits and Dull Stories: Toleration as Governing Emotion in Seventeenth-Century Finland

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  • by cheresearchers
  • Posted on September 8, 2017September 8, 2017

The Emotional Nature of Belief in Demons

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Wall painting at Westminster Abbey featuring Apostle Thomas probing Christ’s wounds (left) and St Christopher carrying the infant Christ (right). © The Dean & Chapter of Westminster.
  • by cheresearchers
  • Posted on July 14, 2017July 13, 2017

Sceptical Thomas, Shocked Thomas, Sad Thomas

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