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The Gift of Tongues: Women's Xenoglossia in the Later Middle Ages by Christine F. Cooper-Rompato (Paperback, 2013)

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Tales of xenoglossia-the instantaneous ability to read, to write, to speak, or to understand a foreign language-have long captivated audiences. Perhaps most popular in Christian religious literature, these stories celebrate the erasing of all linguistic differences and the creation of wider spiritual communities. The accounts of miraculous language acquisition that appeared in the Bible inspired similar accounts in the Middle Ages. Though medieval xenoglossic miracles have their origins in those biblical stories, the medieval narratives have more complex implications. In The Gift of Tongues, Christine Cooper-Rompato examines a wide range of sources to show that claims of miraculous language are much more important to medieval religious culture than previously recognized and are crucial to understanding late medieval English writers such as Geoffrey Chaucer and Margery Kempe.

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Publisher
Pennsylvania STATE University Press
ISBN-13
9780271036151
eBay Product ID (ePID)
106646615

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Book Title
The Gift of Tongues: Women's Xenoglossia in the Later Middle Ages
Author
Christine F. Cooper-Rompato
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Christianity
Publication Year
2013
Number of Pages
232 Pages

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Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
340g

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Title_Author
Christine F. Cooper-Rompato
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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