"In order to spirituall good the body often afflicted": bodily affliction in Lady Mary Carey's conversion narrative (1649-57)
In seventeenth century narratives of conversion, the body and spirit were seen to be inextricably intertwined. The body’s appetite for carnal pleasures was thought to tempt the soul from its spiritual path towards salvation, and during the process of conversion the body was often afflicted by the va...
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2013
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