Fueled by the resurgence of interest in the history of emotions, this interdisciplinary book gathers together essays that consider the role of weeping in medieval visual, theological, and literary discourses, and explore it in relation to viewership, gender, piety, transmission, and social, visual, and linguistic performances. Gertsman addresses the place of tears in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic cultural discourses, providing a key resource for scholars interested in exploring medieval notions of emotion, gesture, and sensory experience in a variety of cultural contexts. Diverse yet cohesive, the essays establish a series of conversations with one another, foregrounding essential questions about the different ways that crying was seen, heard, perceived, expressed, and transmitted throughout the Middle Ages.