Sensitive but Sane: Male Visionaries and their Emotional Display in Interwar Belgium

When a wave of Marian apparitions swept over Belgium in 1932-1935 many ‘visionaries’ (c. 200), among them a remarkably high number of men, claimed to encounter the divine. Focusing on these male visionaries and their emotional expressivity, this article aims not only at contributing to a better und...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tine Van Osselaer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: openjournals.nl 2012-03-01
Series:BMGN: Low Countries Historical Review
Online Access:https://ojs.minions.amsterdam/article/view/11