TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dresvina,Juliana
TI  - Attachment and God in Medieval England: Focusing on the Figure 
T2  - Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences
SN  - 9789004500167
AV  - D900 
U1  - 940.1 23
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Leiden; , Boston
PB  - BRILL
KW  - Biography, Autobiography, Life-Writing
KW  - Cultural History
KW  - Literature and Cultural Studies
KW  - Medieval History
KW  - Religious Studies
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents -- Abbreviations -- Abstract -- Keywords -- Introduction -- 1 Attachment Theory and Its Application to Historical Material -- 2 Case Studies from Medieval England -- Conclusions -- Bibliography
N2  - This book brings together the disciplines of history and psychology. It is the first study to apply attachment theory to self-narratives of the past, namely examples of life-writing (letters and proto-autobiographies) from medieval England, written in broad religious contexts. It examines whether God could appear as an adequate attachment figure in times of high mortality and often inadequate childrearing practices, and whether the emphasis on God's proximity to believers benefited their psychological reorganisation. The main method of enquiry is discourse analysis based on the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) coding
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004500167
ER  -