La face noire de l’âme : la mélancolie « religieuse » dans les textes spirituels et médicaux de l’Espagne des XVIe et XVIIe siècles

From the 1570s in Spain, theorists show deep concern about the impact of melancholy on religious life. Medical and spiritual authors attempt to describe a “religious” melancholy that, although it inherits some features of the old acedia, is completely new, being characterized by new signs: religious...

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Main Author: Christine Orobitg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut du Monde Anglophone 2015-12-01
Series:Etudes Epistémè
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/episteme/844

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