Inwardness and interiority are concepts that have a multifaceted currency within many areas
of medieval studies. These fields include, but are not limited to, historical studies, theology …

Tropologies is the first book-length study to elaborate the medieval and early modern theory
of the tropological, or moral, sense of scripture. Ryan McDermott argues that tropology is not …

Odors, including those of incense, spices, cooking, and refuse, were both ubiquitous and
meaningful in central and late medieval Western Europe. The significance of the sense of …

Le présent article propose en premier lieu une synthèse complète de la bibliographie et de
l'historiographie des recherches sur les cinq sens au Moyen Âge. Dans cette synthèse, les …

References to mirrors were frequent in medieval texts both theological and literary, and their
meanings have been abundantly studied, especially recently. Medieval writers were …

The earliest complete morality play in English, The Castle of Perseverance depicts the
culture of medieval East Anglia, a region once known for its production of artistic objects …

In his major works, John Gower deployed sensory activities to typify the inadequacies of the
estates in his critique of English society, but he found in the taste of sweetness and in …

This article examines the changing iconographical conventions representing Francis's
stigmatization and explores how they might be understood in the context of contemporary …

Edinburgh, Scottish Catholic Archives MS GB 0240 CB/57/9 (olim Blairs College 9)(hereafter
referred to as Blairs 9) is a compact and heavily worn late medieval prayer roll dedicated to …

Christianity, as a religion centered on the Incarnation of a spiritual being, is always
necessarily a religion of embodiment, but its attitude toward that embodiment has always …