Resplendent Pain
Sponsoring Organization(s)
International Medieval Society, Paris
Organizer Name
Valerie M. Wilhite
Organizer Affiliation
Univ. of the Virgin Islands
Presider Name
Valerie M. Wilhite
Paper Title 1
Pain, Rapture, and Community in the Life of Saint Douceline
Presenter 1 Name
Meghan Nestel
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Arizona State Univ.
Paper Title 2
Painful Demons: Performance and Embodiment in Medieval Drama
Presenter 2 Name
Andreea Marculescu
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Univ. of Oklahoma
Paper Title 3
"Jo sui tols desnaturés!": Pain and the Medicalization of Lovesickness in the Thirteenth-Century Roman de silence
Presenter 3 Name
Sarah Gillette
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Western Michigan Univ.
Start Date
14-5-2017 8:30 AM
Session Location
Schneider 1320
Description
This session will allow scholars to explore the representation, theorization, and experience of physical suffering that might be termed “resplendent pain.” Typically felt through the senses, pain’s transformative power was critical to a diverse array of medieval religious and secular acts. Medieval acceptance, and frequent celebration, of pain permeated all spheres of life, including natural philosophy and the practice of medicine.
Valerie M. Wilhite
Resplendent Pain
Schneider 1320
This session will allow scholars to explore the representation, theorization, and experience of physical suffering that might be termed “resplendent pain.” Typically felt through the senses, pain’s transformative power was critical to a diverse array of medieval religious and secular acts. Medieval acceptance, and frequent celebration, of pain permeated all spheres of life, including natural philosophy and the practice of medicine.
Valerie M. Wilhite