Battista, Francesca (2011) Amor hereos e melancolia nel medioevo. Acta Antiqua, 51 (3-4). pp. 247-261. ISSN 0044-5975
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Abstract
Following the ancient and the Arabic traditions of amor hereos, medieval physicians perpetuated the definition of love as a form of melancholy, a kind of insanity of atrabiliar origin, accompanied by intense fear and sorrow. This study investigates, on the one hand, the ambiguous medieval notions of melancholy and lovesickness, often included in a similar etiologic and nosologic framework, and the original contribution offered to this medical tradition by Arnold of Villanova, a Catalan physician of the 13th century. On the other hand, the paper attempts an analysis of the relationship between medical doctrine and literary theory, exploring the psychological-physical definition of amorous passion elaborated in what could be considered a sort of encyclopaedia of medieval love, in De amore by Andreas Capellanus.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PA Classical philology / klasszika-filológia |
Depositing User: | xKatalin xBarta |
Date Deposited: | 22 Dec 2016 09:16 |
Last Modified: | 22 Dec 2016 09:16 |
URI: | http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/43769 |
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