Lovesickness In The Middle Ages
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Lovesickness In The Middle Ages
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Author : Mary Frances Wack
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2016-11-11
Lovesickness In The Middle Ages written by Mary Frances Wack and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-11 with History categories.
According to medieval physicians, lovesickness was an illness of mind and body caused by sexual desire and the sight of beauty. The notorious agony of an unhappy lover was treated as an ailment closely related to melancholia and potentially fatal if not treated. In Lovesickness in the Middle Ages, Mary F. Wack uses newly discovered texts and takes a fresh look at primary sources to offer the first comprehensive analysis of the forms and meanings of the lover's malady in medieval culture. She examines its importance in medieval literature and its role in the transformation of courtly love from literary convention to social practice. Drawing extensively from the Viaticum and its commentaries, studied for centuries in medical schools, Wack also addresses wider questions about the cultural construction of illness, the conflict between medicine and Church morality, the relations between lovesickness and gender, and the lover's malady as a form of behavior in late medieval society. The second part of the book contains annotated editions and translations of six important texts on lovesickness—the Viaticum and four commentaries on it. Forty-six black-and-white illustrations provide a striking visual perspective on medieval love and medicine. Lovesickness in the Middle Ages will interest literary scholars and students as well as historians of medicine, sexuality, psychology, and women's studies.
Lovesickness In The Middle Ages
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Author : Mary Frances Wack
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Lovesickness In The Middle Ages written by Mary Frances Wack and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Medicine, Medieval categories.
Women And Gender In Medieval Europe
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Author : Margaret Schaus
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2006
Women And Gender In Medieval Europe written by Margaret Schaus and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
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The Wages Of Sin
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Author : Peter L. Allen
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2000
The Wages Of Sin written by Peter L. Allen and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Medical categories.
Discusses diseases and ailments that have been connected to sex throughout history, and the reactions to them that have been shaped by religion or morality.
Love Sex Marriage In The Middle Ages
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Author : Conor McCarthy
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-28
Love Sex Marriage In The Middle Ages written by Conor McCarthy and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-28 with History categories.
First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Gender Of Money In Middle English Literature
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Author : Diane Cady
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2019-10-01
The Gender Of Money In Middle English Literature written by Diane Cady and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Gender of Money in Middle English Literature: Value and Economy in Late Medieval England explores the vital and under-examined role that gender plays in the conceptualization of money and value in a period that precedes and shapes what we now recognize as the discipline of political economy. Through readings of a range of late Middle English texts, this book demonstrates the ways in which gender ideology provided a vocabulary for articulating fears and fantasies about money and value in the late Middle Ages. These ideas inform beliefs about money and value in the West, particularly in realms that are often seen as outside the sphere of economy, such as friendship, love and poetry. Exploring the gender of money helps us to better understand late medieval notions of economy, and to recognize the ways in which gender ideology continues to haunt our understanding of money and value, albeit often in occluded ways.
Mental Health Spirituality And Religion In The Middle Ages And Early Modern Age
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Author : Albrecht Classen
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2014-07-28
Mental Health Spirituality And Religion In The Middle Ages And Early Modern Age written by Albrecht Classen and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-28 with Literary Criticism categories.
This volume continues the critical exploration of fundamental issues in the medieval and early modern world, here concerning mental health, spirituality, melancholy, mystical visions, medicine, and well-being. The contributors, who originally had presented their research at a symposium at The University of Arizona in May 2013, explore a wide range of approaches and materials pertinent to these issues, taking us from the early Middle Ages to the eighteenth century, capping the volume with some reflections on the relevance of religion today. Lapidary sciences matter here as much as medical-psychological research, combined with literary and art-historical approaches. The premodern understanding of mental health is not taken as a miraculous panacea for modern problems, but the contributors suggest that medieval and early modern writers, scientists, and artists commanded a considerable amount of arcane, sometimes curious and speculative, knowledge that promises to be of value and relevance even for us today, once again. Modern palliative medicine finds, for instance, intriguing parallels in medieval word magic, and the mystical perspectives encapsulated highly productive alternative perceptions of the macrocosm and microcosm that promise to be insightful and important also for the post-modern world.
Knowledge Discipline And Power In The Middle Ages
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Author : Joseph Canning
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2011-05-23
Knowledge Discipline And Power In The Middle Ages written by Joseph Canning and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-23 with Literary Criticism categories.
This collection of essays is based on a conference in honour of David Luscombe held at the University of Sheffield in September 2006 under the title "Knowledge, Discipline and Power in the Middle Ages."
Disability In The Middle Ages
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Author : Joshua R. Eyler
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-05-23
Disability In The Middle Ages written by Joshua R. Eyler and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-23 with Literary Criticism categories.
What do we mean when we talk about disability in the Middle Ages? This volume brings together dynamic scholars working on the subject in medieval literature and history, who use the latest approaches from the field to address this central question. Contributors discuss such standard medieval texts as the Arthurian Legend, The Canterbury Tales and Old Norse Sagas, providing an accessible entry point to the field of medieval disability studies to medievalists. The essays explore a wide variety of disabilities, including the more traditionally accepted classifications of blindness and deafness, as well as perceived disabilities such as madness, pregnancy and age. Adopting a ground-breaking new approach to the study of disability in the medieval period, this provocative book will interest medievalists and scholars of disability throughout history.
Happiness Or Its Absence In Art
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Author : William Barcham
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2014-10-02
Happiness Or Its Absence In Art written by William Barcham and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-02 with Art categories.
The concept of ‘happiness’ is central to most civilized cultures. This volume investigates the many ways in which Western art has visualized the concept from the early Middle Ages to the present. Employing different methodological approaches, the essays gathered here situate the concept of human happiness within discourses on gender, religion, intellectual life, politics and ‘New-Age’ culture. Operating as a cultural agent, art communicates the idea of happiness as both a physical and spiritual condition by exploiting specific formulae of representation. This volume combines art history, cultural analyses and intellectual studies in order to explore the complexities of iconographic programs that represent various forms of happiness, or its explicit absence, and to expose the implications embedded in the artistic works in question. Through innovative readings, the ten authors presented in this book survey different artistic and/or cultural paradigms and offer new interpretations of happiness or of its absence.