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Medicine and the Seven Deadly Sins in Late Medieval Literature and Culture
Virginia Langum
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Description for Medicine and the Seven Deadly Sins in Late Medieval Literature and Culture
Hardback. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3F; 3H; 3J; DSBB; HPCB; HRAX; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 231 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
The New Middle Ages
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137465580
SKU
V9781137465580
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99-15
About Virginia Langum
Virginia Langum is Associate Professor of English at Umea University, Sweden and Pro Futura Scientia Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study. She recently edited Words and Matter: The Virgin Mary in Late Medieval and Early Modern Parish Life.
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