Sin and Filth in Medieval Culture: The Devil in the Latrine

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Author(s): Martha Bayless
Series: Routledge studies in medieval literature and culture
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2012

Language: English
Pages: 267

Sin and Filth in Medieval Culture The Devil in the Latrine......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of Illustrations......Page 8
Abbreviations......Page 10
A Note About the Translations......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 16
Preface......Page 18
1 The Devil in the Latrine......Page 24
2 Pollution and Filth in the Middle Ages: Material Realities......Page 52
3 The Symbolic Order of the Body......Page 88
4 The Realm of Corruption......Page 121
5 In Conclusion......Page 187
Notes......Page 206
Bibliography......Page 242
Subject Index......Page 262
Index of Biblical Passages......Page 266