The seven deadly sins : : from communities to individuals / / edited by Richard Newhauser.
This volume presents a selection of essays undertaken by participants in an NEH Summer Seminar in 2004 on the topic of the seven deadly sins, viewed individually and as a whole, as part of the Begriffsgeschichte of the Middle Ages and beyond in which concepts are constructed within the cultural mili...
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| Superior document: | Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, v. 123 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ;
v. 123. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (324 p.) |
| Notes: | "The present volume represents a selection of the research stimulated by [the editor's] summer seminar on 'The Seven Deadly Sins as Cultural Constructions in the Middle Ages,' which was held at Darwin College, Cambridge University, July 12-August 13, 2004"--P. [1]. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Materials / R. Newhauser
- Introduction: Cultural Construction And The Vices / Richard Newhauser
- Sin And The Construction Of Carolingian Kingship / Dwight D. Allman
- Envy In The Intellectual Discourse Of The High Middle Ages / Bridget K. Balint
- \'The Ooze Of Gluttony\': Attitudes Towards Food, Eating, And Excess In The Middle Ages / Susan E. Hill
- Cassian, Nocturnal Emissions, And The Sexuality Of Jesus / John Kitchen
- Pride Goes Before A Fall: Aldhelm’s Practical Application Of Gregorian And Cassianic Conceptions Of Superbia And The Eight Principal Vices / Rhonda L. Mcdaniel
- Biblical Liars And Thirteenth-Century Theologians / Dallas G. Denery
- \'The Hard Bed Of The Cross\': Good Friday Preaching And The Seven Deadly Sins / Holly Johnson
- Dressed To The Sevens, Or Sin In Style: Fashion Statements By The Deadly Vices In Spanish Baroque Autos Sacramentales / Hilaire Kallendorf
- \'Blessed Are They That Hunger After Justice\': From Vice To Beatitude In Dante’s Purgatorio / V. S. Benfell
- Greed And Anti-Fraternalism In Chaucer’s \'Summoner’s Tale\' / Derrick G. Pitard
- Social Status And Sin: Reading Bosch’s Prado Seven Deadly Sins And Four Last Things Painting / Laura D. Gelfand
- Freud As Virgil: The Anthropologies Of Psychoanalysis And The Commedia / Thomas Parisi
- Bibliography / R. Newhauser
- Index Of Names / R. Newhauser
- Index Of Subjects / R. Newhauser.