Sin - Essays on the Moral Tradition in the Western Middle Ages

Informationen zum Autor Richard Newhauser is Professor of English and Medieval Studies at Trinity University! Texas! USA. Zusammenfassung Examines various aspects of the moral tradition of medieval thought, specifically the construction of the seven deadly sins, their offspring, and related schematizations of immorality in the Latin West. This work focuses on the malleability of moral categories and their relationship to changes in medieval culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction. Part 1 Contexts: On ambiguity in moral theology: when the vices masquerade as virtues; The treatise on vices and virtues as a medieval genre and its structural foundations in the Classical tradition; Alle sunde hant vnterschidunge: Der Tugend- und Lastertraktat als literarische Gattung im Mittelalter; The Parson's Tale and its generic affiliations; From treatise to sermon: Johannes Herolt on the novem peccata aliena; A la redécouverte de Willem Jordaens. Part 2 Avarice: The love of money as deadly sin and deadly disease; Towards modus in habendo: transformations in the idea of avarice.The early penitentials through the Carolingian reforms; Avarice and the Apocalypse; Avaritia und Paupertas: zur Stellung der frühen Franziskaner in der Geschichte der Habsucht; The meaning of Gawain's greed; Patristic Poggio? The evidence of Györ! Egyházmegyei Könyvtár MS. I.4. Part 3 Curiosity: Towards a history of human curiosity: a prolegomenon to its medieval phase; Augustinian vitium curiositatis and its reception; The sin of curiosity and the Cistercians. Addenda and corrigenda; Index.

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Examines various aspects of the moral tradition of medieval thought, specifically the construction of the seven deadly sins, their offspring, and related schematizations of immorality in the Latin West. This work focuses on the malleability of moral categories and their relationship to changes in medieval culture.

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• Authors: Richard Newhauser, Newhauser Richard
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.07.2007
• EAN: 9780860789734
• ISBN: 978-0-86078-973-4
• No. of pages: 300
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Variorum Collected Studies; Variorum Collected Studies Series; Variorum Collected Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / World, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, General & world history, CE period up to c 1500, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, General and world history, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval