‘This House, God’s Dear Castle’: Sawles Warde as Spiritual Warfare Allegory

Spiritual warfare, depicted in masculine and militaristic language from the earliest Christian times, long posed challenges to male clerics writing for female audiences whose bodies were deemed problematic in the pursuit of spiritual progress. This article argues that through extensive use of castle...

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Main Author: Grant Jones
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Association Mnémosyne 2025-07-01
Series:Genre & Histoire
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/genrehistoire/10667
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