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Delaune, Léo, "Fear of Humiliation, Desire for Humility: Shame and Physical Disability in Medieval Exempla, Twelfth to Fourteenth Centuries", Journal of Medieval History, 51/2 [Medieval Histories of Disability and Emotions, Dubourg, Ninon - Scalenghe, Sara - Verstraete, Pieter, eds.] (2025), 162-179.
- Resum
- In the medieval societies of Western Europe, deeply shaped by Christianity and honour-based values, shame was perceived as a powerful tool for regulating behaviour and combatting sin. Drawing from a corpus of exempla from the 12th to 14th centuries, this article explores how preachers used shame associated with physical disability as a tool of persuasion to edify the faithful. While medieval exempla adhered to genre conventions and intended functions, they also reflected broader social perceptions and lived experiences. These short narratives reveal that individuals were expected to feel shame when confronted with negative societal reactions. Expressing this emotion to saints could play a role in securing miraculous interventions. In contrast, saints, unburdened by concern for human judgment, exemplified their exceptional virtue through their lack of shame. This article is part of a special issue, ‘Medieval Histories of Disability and Emotions'.
- Matèries
- Història de la medicina
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- URL
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/030441 ...
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