Bonds of Secrecy illuminates the relationship between human experiences of secrecy and early medieval beliefs about divine omniscience. Benjamin A. Saltzman argues that this relationship was fundamental to early English legal and monastic culture and profoundly shaped the practices of literary interpretation in the Middle Ages.
Bonds of Secrecy illuminates the relationship between human experiences of secrecy and early medieval beliefs about divine omniscience. Benjamin A. Saltzman argues that this relationship was fundamental to early English legal and monastic culture and profoundly shaped the practices of literary interpretation in the Middle Ages.
A Note on References and Translations List of Abbreviations Introduction PART I. LAW Chapter 1. Political Epistemology and Crimes of Concealment in Anglo-Saxon Law Chapter 2. The Secret Seized: Theft, Death, and Testimony PART II. SPIRITUALITY Chapter 3. Monastic Life and the Regulation of Secrecy Chapter 4. Making Space for Spiritual Secrecy Chapter 5. Seeing in Secret: Saints, Hagiography, and the Ethics of Concealment and Discovery PART III. LITERATURE Chapter 6. Binding Secrets, Solving Riddles Chapter 7. Worldly Concealment, Divine Knowledge, and the Hermeneutics of Faith Chapter 8. Reading Hidden Meaning: Between Interpretive Pride and Eschatological Humility Afterword Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
A Note on References and Translations List of Abbreviations Introduction PART I. LAW Chapter 1. Political Epistemology and Crimes of Concealment in Anglo-Saxon Law Chapter 2. The Secret Seized: Theft, Death, and Testimony PART II. SPIRITUALITY Chapter 3. Monastic Life and the Regulation of Secrecy Chapter 4. Making Space for Spiritual Secrecy Chapter 5. Seeing in Secret: Saints, Hagiography, and the Ethics of Concealment and Discovery PART III. LITERATURE Chapter 6. Binding Secrets, Solving Riddles Chapter 7. Worldly Concealment, Divine Knowledge, and the Hermeneutics of Faith Chapter 8. Reading Hidden Meaning: Between Interpretive Pride and Eschatological Humility Afterword Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
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