{"product_id":"9782503575209","title":"Pleasure in the Middle Ages","description":"This volume explores the diverse manifestations and uses of pleasure in medieval culture. Pleasure is a sensation, an affirmation, a practice, and is at the core of the medieval worldview, no less than pain. Applying a variety of methodological perspectives, the essays collected here analyse the role of pleasure in relation to a variety of subjects such as the human body, love, relationships, education, food, friendship, morality, devotion, and mysticism. They also integrate a wide range of sources including literature (monastic to courtly), medical texts, illuminated prayer books, iconography, and theatrical plays. Each document, each discipline, and thus each essay combine to provide a complex and diversified picture of medieval joys and delights--a picture that shows the extent to which pleasure is engrained in the period's culture. This collection shows how pleasure in the Middle Ages is at once a coveted feeling and a constant moral concern, both the object and the outcome of a constant negotiation between earthly and divine imperatives.","brand":"Brepols Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048782676208,"sku":"9782503575209","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9782503575209_p0.jpg?v=1763694786","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9782503575209","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}