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Wonderful blood : theology and practice in late medieval northern Germany and beyond

Studies the saving power attributed to Christ's blood at north German cult sites such as Wilsnack, the theological controversy such sites generated, and the hundreds of devotional paintings, poems, and prayers dedicated to Christ's wounds, scourging, and bloody crucifixion.
Print Book, English, 2006
University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, Pa., 2006