The women believed reaching spirituality was through food, since naturally they were food from their ability to breastfeed. The Medieval women associated the breast as seen in Holy mother, Mary's own breastfeeding as a Eucharistic feeding of the soul.
The painting also indicates that to the Female saints of the Middle Ages, prayer was an important element in their connection to God. In the "The life and Miracles of Saint Godelieve," Godelieve makes prayer requests and offerings of food to God, that are answered by angels who bring delicacies for the poor.
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Amy Hollywood. "Sensible Ecstasy: Mysticism, Sexual Difference, and the Demands of History (Religion and Postmodernism)," University of Chicago Press, (2002).
This article carries out an analysis of anthropological studies of the medieval times, and looks into the connection of the body, the soul and physical ascetic practices among middle ages saints. The article shows how these cultural practices influence the state of the soul. This article is important for this research for it provides a basis of the concept that food practices among medieval female saints projected their asceticism of religion.
Counihan Carole, M. "The Anthropology of Food and Body: Gender, Meaning and Power," Routledge, (1999).
This book was used as a source for it specifically focuses on the concepts of food and body to medieval saints. The book makes extensive reference to anthropologists like Bynum Fragmentation and Redemption: Essays on Gender and the Human body in Medieval Religion (1992) on medieval religious practices. Of interest for this research was the discussion on the different practices between male and female saints.
Hanson, Sarah E. "Connections Between Body and Soul: The Asceticism of Medieval Saints," The UCI Undergraduate Research Journal, (2009). 23-33. http://www.urop.uci.edu/journal/journal09/03_hanson.pdf.
The article is closely linked to the topic of he paper for it explores in depth the different perspective on the cultural and spiritual practices of medieval saints. Of interest is the exploration of the contribution of the body, soul, and food to spiritual practice especially among...
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