Medicine and the Seven Deadly Sins in Late Medieval Literature and Culture [electronic resource] / by Virginia Langum.
Medicine and the Seven Deadly Sins in Late Medieval Literature and Culture
Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9781137449900
Yer Numarası
EK/2204
Yazar
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 2016.
Yayın Bilgisi
New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Fiziksel Niteleme
VIII, 236 p. online resource.
Dizi
The New Middle Ages, 2945-5944
İçindekiler Notu
INTRODUCTION -- MEDICINE, SIN AND LANGUAGE -- PRIDE -- ENVY -- WRATH -- AVARICE -- SLOTH -- GLUTTONY -- LECHERY -- CONCLUSION .
Özet, vb.
This book considers how scientists, theologians, priests, and poets approached the relationship of the human body and ethics in the later Middle Ages. Is medicine merely a metaphor for sin? Or can certain kinds of bodies physiologically dispose people to be angry, sad, or greedy? If so, then is it their fault? Virginia Langum offers an account of the medical imagery used to describe feelings and actions in religious and literary contexts, referencing a variety of behavioral discussions within medical contexts. The study draws upon medical and theological writing for its philosophical basis, and upon more popular works of religion, as well as poetry, to show how these themes were articulated, explored, and questioned more widely in medieval culture.
Konu
Literature, Medieval.
Europe __ History __ 476-1492.
Religion and sociology.
Social history.
Religion __ History.
Classical literature.
Literature, Ancient.
Medieval Literature.
History of Medieval Europe.
Sociology of Religion.
Social History.
History of Religion.
Classical and Antique Literature.
Europe __ History __ 476-1492.
Religion and sociology.
Social history.
Religion __ History.
Classical literature.
Literature, Ancient.
Medieval Literature.
History of Medieval Europe.
Sociology of Religion.
Social History.
History of Religion.
Classical and Antique Literature.
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