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Medieval avatars : projecting presence, performing emotions / Carla Maria Bino.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bino, Carla, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge elements.
- Cambridge elements. Elements in histories of emotions and the senses. 2632-1068
- Cambridge elements. Elements in histories of emotions and the senses, 2632-1068
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aelred, of Rievaulx, Saint, 1110-1167. De institutione inclusarum.
- Aelred.
- Ordo ad faciendum disciplinam.
- Christian life--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Christian life.
- Spiritual life--Christianity--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Spiritual life.
- Avatars (Religion)--Psychological aspects.
- Avatars (Religion).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (69 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- This text explores how medieval devotional and disciplinary practices acted as 'immersive technologies' for producing presence and configuring emotions. It investigates how the devout subject projected themselves into an imaginal, affective space, where memory, posture, and sensory experience converged to an encounter with the divine.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Feb 2026).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on February 16, 2026).
- ISBN:
- 1-009-61072-4
- 1-009-61076-7
- 1-009-61075-9
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