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Jessica A. Boon - The Mystical Science of the Soul. Medieval Cognition in Bernardino de Laredo's Recollection Method.  - 9781442644281 - V9781442644281
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The Mystical Science of the Soul. Medieval Cognition in Bernardino de Laredo's Recollection Method.

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Description for The Mystical Science of the Soul. Medieval Cognition in Bernardino de Laredo's Recollection Method. Building on recent research in medieval optics, physiology, and memory in relation to the devotional practices of the late Middle Ages, Jessica A. Boon probes the implications of an 'embodied soul' for the intellectual history of Spanish mysticism. Series: Toronto Iberic. Num Pages: 352 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; 3JB; DSBB; HRCS1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 670.

The Mystical Science of the Soul explores the unexamined influence of medieval discourses of science and spirituality on recogimiento, the unique Spanish genre of recollection mysticism that served as the driving force behind the principal developments in Golden Age mysticism. Building on recent research in medieval optics, physiology, and memory in relation to the devotional practices of the late Middle Ages, Jessica A. Boon probes the implications of an ‘embodied soul’ for the intellectual history of Spanish mysticism.

Boon proposes a fundamental rereading of the key recogimiento text Subida del Monte Sión (1535/1538), which melds the traditionally distinct spiritual techniques ... Read more

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Product Details

Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Series
Toronto Iberic
Number of Pages
352
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442644281
SKU
V9781442644281
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About Jessica A. Boon
Jessica A. Boon is an assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Reviews for The Mystical Science of the Soul. Medieval Cognition in Bernardino de Laredo's Recollection Method.
‘The Mystical Science of Soul is a fascinating piece of research. It focuses on a mystical method of recollection and the genre of literature associated with it…this volume should be welcomed by medievalists and early modernists, students of the Renaissance, historians of science, mysticism, and medicine, as well as theologians and church historians.’
Jon Balserak
Sixteenth Century Journal ... Read more

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