The Feeling Heart in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Meaning, Embodiment, and Making

by Katie Barclay

The heart is an iconic symbol in the medieval and early modern European world. In addition to being a physical organ, it is a key conceptual device related to emotions, cognition, the self and identity, and the body. The heart is read as a metaphor for human desire and will, and situated in opposition to or alongside reason and cognition. In medieval and early modern Europe, the "feeling heart" - the heart as the site of emotion and emotional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501517872
• ISBN13: 9781501517877
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"