Emotions and Health, 1200-1700 (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions, 168)

Emotions and Health, 1200-1700 examines theological and medical approaches to the 'passions' as alterations affecting both mind and body. It focuses on sorrow, fear and anger, on constructions of the melancholic subject, and on the effects of music on health. Emotions And Health, 1200-1700 Examines The Aristotelian And Galenic Understandings Of The 'passions' Or 'accidents Of The Soul' As Alterations Of Both Mind And Body Across A Wide Range Of Medieval And Early Modern Cultural Discourses: Aquinas's Summa, Canonization Inquests, Medical And Natural Philosophical Texts, Drama, And The London Bills Of Mortality. The Essays In This Collection Focus On Notions Such As Death From Sorrow, Physiological Explanations Of Fear, Physicians' Advice On The Harmful And Beneficial Effects Of Anger And Of Sex, Medical And Philosophical Constructions Of The Melancholic Subject, And Theological And Medical Discussions On The Impact Of Music In Moderating The Passions And Maintaining Health. -- Publisher Website. Emotions And Psychological Health In Aquinas / Nicholas E. Lombardo -- Tempted To Kill : Miraculous Consolation For A Mother After The Death Of Her Infant Daughter / Nicole Archambeau -- Fear, Fantasy And Sleep In Medieval Medicine / William F. Maclehose -- Anger And The Mind-body Connection In Medieval And Early Modern Medicine / Elena Carrera -- Non-natural Love : Coitus, Desire, And Hygiene In Medieval And Early Modern Spain / Michael R. Solomon -- A Disease Unto Death : Sadness In The Time Of Shakespeare / Erin Sullivan -- Medicine, Psychology, And The Melancholic Subject In The Renaissance / Angus Gowaland -- Music And Spirit In Early Modern Thought / Penelope Gouk. Edited By Elena Carrera. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Emotions and Health, 1200-1700 examines the Aristotelian and Galenic understandings of the ‘passions'or ‘accidents of the soul'as alterations of both mind and body across a wide range of medieval and early modern cultural discourses: Aquinas's Summa, canonization inquests, medical and natural philosophical texts, drama, and the London Bills of Mortality. The essays in this collection focus on notions such as death from sorrow, physiological explanations of fear, physicians'advice on the harmful and beneficial effects of anger and of sex, medical and philosophical constructions of the melancholic subject, and theological and medical discussions on the impact of music in moderating the passions and maintaining health.Contributors include: Nicole Archambeau, Elena Carrera, Penelope Gouk, Angus Gowland, Nicholas E. Lombardo, William F. MacLehose, Michael R. Solomon and Erin Sullivan.