Wonderful blood theology and practice in late medieval northern germany and beyond by caroline walker bynum len scales durham university search for more papers by this author len scales durham university search for more papers by this author first published 17 march 2009. Wonderful blood theology and practice in late medieval northern germany and beyondcaroline walker bynum r po chia hsia. Wonderful blood theology and practice in late medieval northern germany and beyond philadelphia university of pennsylvania press 2007 xviii 402 pp 32 b w pls index illus map bibl . In wonderful blood caroline walker bynum studies the saving power attributed to christs blood at north german cult sites such as wilsnack the theological controversy such sites generated and the hundreds of devotional paintings poems and prayers dedicated to christs wounds scourging and bloody crucifixion she argues that christs blood as both object and symbol was central to late medieval art literature pious practice and theology. Wonderful blood theology and practice in late medieval northern germany and beyond caroline walker bynum 456 pages 6 1 8 x 9 1 4 34 illus paper 2007 isbn 9780812220193 2650s outside the americas gbp2099 a volume in the middle ages series view table of contents recipient of the 2007 award for excellence in the historical study of religion from the american academy of religion