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Dailey, Patricia.
Promised bodies: time, language, and corporeality in medieval women’s mystical texts / Patricia Dailey.
pages cm. — (Gender, theory, and religion)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-231-16120-6 (cloth: alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-231-53552-6 (e-book)
1. Mysticism—History—Middle Ages, 600–1500. 2. Women mystics. 3. Christian literature—Women authors—History and criticism. I. Title.
BV5080.D35 2013
248.2'2082—dc23
2012050242
Jacket design: Jordan Wannemacher
Jacket image: Noli me tangre. Fra Angelico Ca. 1440–1445. Fresco © Scala/Art Resources
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