Is it possible to imagine a stranger society than one that makes shame both an object of repulsion and an object of desire? The author examines this medieval paradox by exploring the life stories of around fifteen female saints from the thirteenth century from the perspective of a historical anthropology of emotions.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
ISBN:978-2-406-10315-8
EAN:9782406103158
ISSN: 2490-8460
DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-10317-2
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 09-09-2020
Language: French
Keyword: Histoire du Moyen Âge, histoire des émotions, histoire des femmes, anthropologie historique, hagiographie latine médiévale, pudeur, faute, humiliation, honneur