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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2022
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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. |
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ISSN: | 2153-9650 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of medieval religious cultures
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