{"product_id":"a-cultural-history-of-the-senses-in-the-middle-ages-9781350077898","title":"A Cultural History of the Senses in the Middle","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard G. Newhauser is Professor of English and Medieval Studies at Arizona State University, Tempe, USA. He is the author of, among other works, \u003ci\u003eThe Early History of Greed\u003c\/i\u003e (2000); Sin: Essays on the \u003ci\u003eMoral Tradition in the Western Middle Ages\u003c\/i\u003e (2007); and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eSin in Medieval and Early Modern Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (2012). He recently co-edited Pleasure and Danger in Perception: The Five Senses in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, a special issue of \u003ci\u003eThe Senses \u0026amp; Society\u003c\/i\u003e (2010).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The Sensual Middle Ages \u003ci\u003eRichard Newhauser (Arizona State University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 1. The Social Life of the Senses: Experiencing the Self, Others, and Environments \u003ci\u003eChris Woolgar (University of Southampton, UK\u003c\/i\u003e) 2. Urban Sensations: The Medieval City Imagined \u003ci\u003eKathryn Reyerson (University of Minnesota, USA\u003c\/i\u003e) 3. The Senses in the Marketplace: Markets, Shops, and Shopping in Medieval Towns \u003ci\u003eMartha Carlin (University of Wisconsin, USA\u003c\/i\u003e) 4. The Senses in Religion: Liturgy, Devotion, and Deprivation\u003ci\u003e Béatrice Caseau (University of Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV), France)\u003c\/i\u003e 5. The Senses in Philosophy and Science: Mechanics of the Body or Activity of the Soul? \u003ci\u003ePekka Kärkkäinen (University of Helsinki, Finland\u003c\/i\u003e) 6. Medicine and the Senses: Feeling the Pulse, Smelling the Plague, and Listening for the Cure \u003ci\u003eFaith Wallis (McGill University, Canada)\u003c\/i\u003e 7. The Senses in Literature: The Textures of Perception \u003ci\u003eVincent Gillespie (University of Oxford, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 8. Art and the Senses: Art and Liturgy in the Middle Ages \u003ci\u003eEric Palazzo (University of Poitiers, France)\u003c\/i\u003e 9. Sensory Media: From Sounds to Silence, Sight to Insight \u003ci\u003eHildegard Elisabeth Keller (Indiana University, USA and University of Zurich, Switzerland)\u003c\/i\u003e Notes  Bibliography Notes on contributors Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039330074967,"sku":"9781350077898","price":28.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350077898.jpg?v=1750943345","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-cultural-history-of-the-senses-in-the-middle-ages-9781350077898","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}