A Cultural History of the Senses in the Middle Ages

A Cultural History of the Senses in the Middle Ages
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 358
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ISBN-10 : 9781474233149
ISBN-13 : 1474233147
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Book Synopsis A Cultural History of the Senses in the Middle Ages by : Richard G. Newhauser

Download or read book A Cultural History of the Senses in the Middle Ages written by Richard G. Newhauser and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-23 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding the senses is indispensable for comprehending the Middle Ages because both a theoretical and a practical involvement with the senses played a central role in the development of ideology and cultural practice in this period. For the long medieval millennium, the senses were not limited to the five we think of: speech, for example, was categorized among the senses of the mouth. And sight and hearing were not always the dominant senses: for the medical profession, taste was more decisive. Nor were the senses only passive receptors: they were understood to play an active role in the process of perception and were also a vital element in the formation of each individual's moral identity. From the development of specifically urban or commercial sensations to the sensory regimes of holiness, from the senses as indicators of social status revealed in food to the Scholastic analysis of perception, this volume demonstrates the importance of sensory experience and its manifold interpretations in the Middle Ages. A Cultural History of the Senses in the Middle Ages presents essays on the following topics: the social life of the senses; urban sensations; the senses in the marketplace; the senses in religion; the senses in philosophy and science; medicine and the senses; the senses in literature; art and the senses; and sensory media.


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