A Cultural History of the Emotions in the Medieval Age

201 Pages·2021·3.624 MB·English

by  Juanita Ruys, Clare Monagle

A CULTURAL HISTORY
OF THE EMOTIONS
VOLUME 2
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A Cultural History of the Emotions
General Editors: Susan Broomhall, Jane W. Davidson, and Andrew Lynch
Volume 1
A Cultural History of the Emotions in Antiquity
Edited by Douglas Cairns
Volume 2
A Cultural History of the Emotions in the Medieval Age
Edited by Juanita Feros Ruys and Clare Monagle
Volume 3
A Cultural History of the Emotions in the Late Medieval, Reformation,
and Renaissance Age
Edited by Andrew Lynch and Susan Broomhall
Volume 4
A Cultural History of the Emotions in the Baroque and Enlightenment Age
Edited by Claire Walker, Katie Barclay, and David Lemmings
Volume 5
A Cultural History of the Emotions in the Age of Romanticism, Revolution, and Empire
Edited by Susan J. Matt
Volume 6
A Cultural History of the Emotions in the Modern and Post-Modern Age
Edited by Jane W. Davidson and Joy Damousi
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A CULTURAL HISTORY
OF THE EMOTIONS
IN THE
MEDIEVAL AGE
Edited by Juanita Feros Ruys and
Clare Monagle
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CONTENTS
LI ST OF IL LUSTRATIONS vi
GE NERAL E DITORS ’ PR EFACE ix
Introduction: Medieval Emotions Near and Far 1
Clare Monagle
1 Medical and Scientifi c Understandings 17
Nicole Archambeau
2 Religion and Spirituality 31
Daniel Anlezark
3 Music and Dance 49
Constant J. Mews and Carol J. Williams
4 Drama 65
Sarah Brazil
5 The Visual Arts 83
Katherine M. Boivin
6 Literature 101
Juanita Feros Ruys
7 In Private: The Individual and the Domestic Community 119
Lisa Perfetti
8 In Public: Collectivities and Polities 133
Jehangir Yezdi Malegam
NO TES ON CO NTRIBUTORS 151
N OTES 155
R EFERENCES 159
IN DEX 177
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ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
0.1 Church of Saint-Ouen de Rouen (interior). 2
0.2 The Descent from the Cross (detail), by Rogier van der Weyden, c. 1435. 3
0.3 The Douce Apocalypse. 5
0.4 Augustine, by Simone Martini, c . 1320–1325. 10
0.5 Exorcism of the Demons at Arezzo, fresco (detail), Saint Francis cycle by
Giotto ( c. 1267–1337). 13
CHAPTER 1
1.1 Saffron in the Circa Instans , c. 1280– c. 1310. 21
1.2 The Three Spirits. 25
1.3 Veins in the Body, c. 1420–30. 26
1.4 Ventricles of the Brain, c. 1347. 27
CHAPTER 2
2.1 Temptation of St. Anthony , by Master of Bonnat (active c. 1475–1530). 34
2.2 St. Jerome in His Study , by Albrecht D ü rer, 1514. 36
2.3 St. Wiborada in her anchorite cell, St. Gallen, 1451–60. 41
CHAPTER 3
3.1 The responsory Fulgebat in venerando , thirteenth century. 54
3.2 Statue of Guido of Arezzo, outside the Uffi zi Gallery, Florence, Italy, sculpted
by Lorenzo Nencini, c. 1837. 56
3.3 Detail of Love’s Dance (L a karole d’amours ) from the R oman de la Rose ,
depicting ten fi gures dancing to drum and bagpipes. 59
CHAPTER 4
4.1 Lid of a box, fragment, ivory. Thalia, Muse of Comedy with lyre, masks, and
sword, fi fth century. 67
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ILLUSTRATIONS vii
4.2 The Three Marys at the Tomb, Benedictional of Aethelwold. 72
4.3 Battle of Patience and Anger ( Pacienciam ira percutit gladio ), Prudentius,
Psychomachia . 75
4.4 Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Miracle of the Poor Youth, Scenes of the Life of Saint
Nicholas , c. 1332. 79
4.5 God confronts Adam and Eve, mosaic, Cathedral of the Assumption,
Monreale, Sicily, twelfth–thirteenth century. 80
CHAPTER 5
5.1 Slaughter of the Innocents, Codex Egberti, tenth century. 87
5.2 Adam and Eve after the Fall, Vienna Genesis, sixth century. 91
5.3 Expulsion from Eden, stained glass, Cathedral of Soissons, c. 1200–1225. 92
5.4 Last Judgment Tympanum of the F ü rstenportal, Cathedral of
Bamberg, c. 1230. 92
5.5 Lintel frieze from the Last Judgment Portal, Cathedral of
St-Lazare, Autun, c . 1130. 93
5.6 Throne of Wisdom / Enthroned Virgin and Child, c . 1150–1200. 96
5.7 R ö ttgen Piet à , c. 1325. 97
5.8 Giotto di Bondone, Lamentation (The Mourning of Christ), 1304–1306. 98
5.9 Penitence, Devotion, and Contemplation, MS Yates Thompson 11, c. 1290. 98
CHAPTER 6
6.1 Chastity pierces Lust with her sword ( Pudicicia transfi git libidinem gladio ),
Prudentius, Psychomachia . 104
6.2 Boethius, Philosophy, and the Muses. Miniature from Boethius, De
consolatione philosophiae ( Consolation of Philosophy ). 106
6.3 Hildegard of Bingen receives a vision from God and dictates it to her
scribe and secretary. Illumination from Hildegard of Bingen, Liber Scivias ,
Rupertsberg Codex, c. 1175. 112
6.4 Tristan and Isolde, c . 1250–75. 116
6.5 “The Lover enjoys the Rose,” Guillaume de Lorris / J ean de Meun,
Roman de la Rose . 117
CHAPTER 7
7.1 Mother instructing her daughter, Die Winsbeckin , c. 1300–1340. 122
7.2 Mother buried cradling a child, excavated in 1985 at Butler’s Field,
Lechlade, Gloucestershire. 130
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CHAPTER 8
8.1 Peter looking remorseful. Carved alabaster column from the tabernacle
of the high altar, St. Mark’s Basilica, Venice. 138
8.2 Suicide of Judas. Carved alabaster column from the tabernacle of the
high altar, St Mark’s Basilica, Venice. 139
8.3 Penance on a tailless horse, Romance of Lancelot du Lac , c. 1320–30. 143
8.4 Gestures and emotions in council, Bayeux Tapestry, eleventh century. 146
8.5 An extravagant female mourner. Polyptych with scenes from the
life of Christ, the life of the Virgin, and saints, workshop of Ferrer
Bassa, Spain, c. 1345–50. 149
GENERAL EDITORS’ PREFACE
The General Editors, volume editors and individual authors of this series have many
organizations to thank for helping to bring it into existence. They gratefully acknowledge
assistance from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (U K ); the European Research
Council Project, The Social and Cultural Construction of Emotions, University of Oxford,
and its Director, Professor Angelos Chaniotis; and the Leverhulme Trust. Above all, the
series has depended on support from the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence
for the History of Emotions (C E 110001011). The project was conceived as a key part of
the Centre’s collaborative research work and has benefi ted greatly from the generous help
of its academic and administrative staff.
The General Editors also express their deep gratitude to the volume editors and
authors for their time, expertise and gracious willingness to revise essays in the light of
readers’ comments. Many other people helped in reading, tracing images and advising in
various ways. Our thanks go to Merridee Bailey; Jacquie Bennett; Sophie Boyd-Hurrell;
Frederic Kiernan; Mark Neuendorf; Fiona Sim; and Stephanie Thomson; and to the
patient staff at Bloomsbury: Dan Hutchins; Claire Lipscomb; Beatriz Lopez; and Rhodri
Mogford. We especially acknowledge Ciara Rawnsley, who as Editorial Assistant for the
entire series has tirelessly helped authors and done indispensable and meticulous work on
all aspects of the volumes’ preparation.
This series is dedicated to the memory of Philippa Maddern (1952–2014) who was an
original General Editor, and an inspiring friend, mentor and colleague to many of the
contributors.
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