Erotic Love and the Inquisition: Jacques Ferrand and the Tribunal of Toulouse, 1620
Jacques Ferrand's first treatise on the definition, diagnosis, and cures of erotic melancholy was published in 1610, and managed to circulate for ten years before it was recalled for burning by the Inquisition in Toulouse. The delay and the circumstances surrounding the proclamation raise one s...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
1989
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1989, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Pages: 41-53 |
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| Summary: | Jacques Ferrand's first treatise on the definition, diagnosis, and cures of erotic melancholy was published in 1610, and managed to circulate for ten years before it was recalled for burning by the Inquisition in Toulouse. The delay and the circumstances surrounding the proclamation raise one set of questions; the grounds for the recall, both those stated and those presumed, raise another. There are strong hints of certain Counter-Reformation attitudes involved regarding the medical profession and its aggressive claims to prerogatives in treating the diseases of the soul. That a full documentation of the charges survives, and that Ferrand wrote a second treatise on the same subject, published three years after the prosecution, serves both to clarify yet to compound the issues involved. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2540522 |