Pearl and Aquinas: Rival Models for Transforming Grief

This article compares the Pearl and Thomas Aquinas on emotions, will, reason, and the character of the virtues. I focus on the figure of the Jeweler, who in his struggle with grief and longyng, foregoes the high-medieval understanding of moral transformation found in Thomas. Pearl and Aquinas fashio...

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Main Author: Overmyer, Sheryl (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2022
In: Journal of medieval religious cultures
Year: 2022, Volume: 48, Issue: 1, Pages: 68-92
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
KAF Church history 1300-1500; late Middle Ages
NBE Anthropology
Further subjects:B Pearl-poet
B Pearl
B Virtue
B Thomas Aquinas
B Emotion
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Summary:This article compares the Pearl and Thomas Aquinas on emotions, will, reason, and the character of the virtues. I focus on the figure of the Jeweler, who in his struggle with grief and longyng, foregoes the high-medieval understanding of moral transformation found in Thomas. Pearl and Aquinas fashion distinct models of emotion, which differ on notions of desire, intellect, habituation, and practices. Ultimately, I demur from newer Pearl studies that tie the poem’s theological and moral debts to Thomas and orthodox versions of pre-Reformation Catholicism, arguing instead that Pearl occupies a unique place in the late-medieval history of emotion.
ISSN:2153-9650
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of medieval religious cultures