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Book SynopsisA study of the role of affect in the mystical theology and Passion meditations of the thirteenth-century Franciscan theologian Bonaventure of Bagnoregio
Trade Review"The Weight of Love is an extremely erudite and well-researched book that illustrates the complexity of what scholars call 'affective' devotion in the high Middle Ages by means of detailed analyses of works of one of its most celebrated writers, the thirteenth-century Franciscan theologian Giovanni di Fidanza, otherwise known as St. Bonaventure. This innovative book responds to contemporary scholarship on mysticism, affective devotion, and medieval theology and natural philosophy." -- -Patricia Dailey Columbia University
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: The Seraphic Doctrine: Love and Knowledge in the Dionysian Hierarchy. Chapter 2: Affect, Cognition, and the Natural Motion of the Will Chapter 3: Elemental Motion and the Force of UnionELEL.. Chapter 4: Hierarchy and Excess in the Itinerarium mentis in Deum Chapter 5: The Exemplary Bodies of the Legenda Maior Conclusion Bibliography
