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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.
Contents
Table of Contents MEDICINE, SIN AND LANGUAGE Medicine as Metaphor Medicine as Metonymy Medicine as Material Metaphor as Medicine PRIDE Metaphorical Pride Metonymic Pride Material Pride ENVY Metaphorical Envy Metonymic Envy Material Envy WRATH Metaphorical Wrath Metonymic Wrath Material Wrath AVARICE Metaphorical Avarice Metonymic Avarice Material Avarice SLOTH Metaphorical Sloth Metonymic Sloth Material Sloth GLUTTONY Metaphorical Gluttony Metonymic Gluttony Material Gluttony LECHERY Metaphorical Lechery Metonymic Lechery Material Lechery CONCLUSION NOTES
