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· 2019

Holy Feast and Holy Fast

Caroline Walker Bynum

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Medieval religious women (1200-1500) gained veneration for their devotion to the Eucharist, food miracles, and bodily phenomena, with food practices central to their piety and assertion of control.

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Field: Classics

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