UID:
almahu_9947363562402882
Format:
VIII, 236 p.
,
online resource.
ISBN:
9781137449900
Series Statement:
The New Middle Ages
Content:
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.
Note:
INTRODUCTION -- MEDICINE, SIN AND LANGUAGE -- PRIDE -- ENVY -- WRATH -- AVARICE -- SLOTH -- GLUTTONY -- LECHERY -- CONCLUSION .
In:
Springer eBooks
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9781137465580
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1057/978-1-137-44990-0
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-44990-0
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