Why do many people moralize harmless bodily pleasures, such as gluttony, masturbation,
and drinking alcohol? In four pre-registered experiments (N> 2,700), we investigated …

We applaud the authors' impressive effort in compiling the Seshat database, as well as the
remarkable Analytic Narratives they produced on supernatural punishment. This project …

Gregory the Great (bishop of Rome from 590 to 604) is one of the most significant figures in
the history of Christianity. His theological works framed medieval Christian attitudes toward …

Introduction to Medieval Europe 300–1500 provides a comprehensive survey of this
complex and varied formative period of European history, covering themes as diverse as …

AIDS, argue that “nothing is more punitive than to give a disease meaning—that meaning
being invariably a moralistic one.” 4 Other inquiries highlight the use of metaphors in …

Senses and affects, despite what some schools of thought in modern science think, are not
only a physiological tool that captures the stimuli present in the world, but are also an …

Page 1 Caring for the Living Soul Page 2 The Medieval Mediterranean Peoples, Economies
and Cultures, 400–1500 Managing Editor Frances Andrews (St. Andrews) Editors Tamar Herzig …

This paper encourages greater engagement between contemporary vice epistemology and
the work of intellectual and social historians of the vices. I argue that studies of the nature …

Dreaming with Open Eyes examines visual symbolism in late seventeenth-century Italian
opera, contextualizing the genre amid the broad ocularcentric debates emerging at the …

The religious life of western Europe around 1200 saw a remarkable re-orientation towards
greater emphasis on moral instruction of the laity, especially, following the decisions of the …