{"product_id":"pleasure-in-the-middle-ages-naama-cohen-hanegbi-9782503575209","title":"Pleasure in the Middle Ages","description":"This volume explores the diverse manifestations and uses of pleasure in medieval culture. Pleasure is a sensation, an affirmation, a practice, and is at the core of the medieval worldview, no less than pain. Applying a variety of methodological perspectives, the essays collected here analyse the role of pleasure in relation to a variety of subjects such as the human body, love, relationships, education, food, friendship, morality, devotion, and mysticism. They also integrate a wide range of sources including literature (monastic to courtly), medical texts, illuminated prayer books, iconography, and theatrical plays. Each document, each discipline, and thus each essay combine to provide a complex and diversified picture of medieval joys and delights--a picture that shows the extent to which pleasure is engrained in the period's culture. This collection shows how pleasure in the Middle Ages is at once a coveted feeling and a constant moral concern, both the object and the outcome of a constant negotiation between earthly and divine imperatives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Naama Cohen Hanegbi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 250357520X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9782503575209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brepols Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.40w x 1.20d","brand":"Naama Cohen Hanegbi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48066330853631,"sku":"9782503575209","price":138.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6827981b-6417-4fe1-94c2-b77c37815709.jpg?v=1768678122","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pleasure-in-the-middle-ages-naama-cohen-hanegbi-9782503575209","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}