Amorous adventures and Questionable Meals. Concepts of impurity and pollution in early medieval penitentials.

dc.rights.license	CC-BY-NC-ND
dc.contributor.advisor	Meens, R.M.J.
dc.contributor.author	Helmus, J.R.
dc.date.accessioned	2013-09-18T17:01:01Z
dc.date.available	2013-09-18
dc.date.available	2013-09-18T17:01:01Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.identifier.uri	https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/14858
dc.description.abstract	This thesis investigates the concepts of purity and impurity in a selection of early medieval penitential handbooks, which were used as some sort of guide books by confessors. Based on the theory of anthropologist Mary Douglas ('Purity and Danger', 1966), various types of impurity and pollution that seem to be present in the penitentials are investigated and explained. Through this research, (possible) early medieval mentalities towards what was considered to be pure and what was thought of as impure and defiling are uncovered.
dc.description.sponsorship	Utrecht University
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dc.language.iso	en
dc.title	Amorous adventures and Questionable Meals. Concepts of impurity and pollution in early medieval penitentials.
dc.type.content	Master Thesis
dc.rights.accessrights	Open Access
dc.subject.keywords	Penitentials, penitential handbooks, confession, purity, impurity, defilement, pollution, sin, penance, cosmological categories, Mary Douglas, Purity and Danger
dc.subject.courseuu	Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Studies (research)