Cultures of Compunction in the Medieval World – eBook PDF Compunction was one of the most significant emotions for medieval Christianity; in fact, through its confessional function, compunction became the key means for an effective sinner to gain redemption. Cultures of Compunction in the Medieval World (PDF) studies how such emotion could be voiced, experienced, and performed in medieval European society. Using a variety of disciplinary approaches – including history, art history, philosophy, performance studies, literary studies, and linguistics – this ebook examines how and why emotions that now form the base of modern western culture were idealized in the...
Cultures of Compunction in the Medieval World – PDF
