A study of medieval attitudes towards the ventriloquism of God's and Christ's voices through human media, which reveals a progression from an orthodox view of divine vocal power to an anxiety over the authority of the priest's voice to a subversive take on the divine voice that foreshadows Protestant devotion.
| ISBN: | 9780230108998 |
| Publication date: | 31st March 2011 |
| Author: | Mary Hayes |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 246 pages |
| Series: | The New Middle Ages |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval European history: medieval period, middle ages European history Literature: history and criticism |