Uncertain Refuge: Sanctuary in the Literature of Medieval England by Elizabeth Allen

Uncertain Refuge: Sanctuary in the Literature of Medieval England

Elizabeth Allen

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To seek sanctuary from persecution by entering a sacred space is an act of desperation, but also a symbolic endeavor: fugitives invoke divine presence to reach a precarious safe haven that imbues their lives with religious, social, or political si...

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