Caritas : neighbourly love and the early modern self /
Caritas, a form of grace that turned our love for our neighbour into a spiritual practice, was expected of all early modern Christians, and corresponded with a set of ethical rules for living that displayed one's love in the everyday. Caritas was not just a willingness to behave morally, to kee...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2021.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Emotions in history.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Caritas, a form of grace that turned our love for our neighbour into a spiritual practice, was expected of all early modern Christians, and corresponded with a set of ethical rules for living that displayed one's love in the everyday. Caritas was not just a willingness to behave morally, to keep the peace, and to uphold social order however, but was expected to be felt as a strong passion, like that of a parent to a child. This book explores the importance of caritas to early modern communities, introducing the concept of the 'emotional ethic' to explain how neighbourly love become not only a code for moral living but a part of felt experience. |
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| Item Description: | This edition also issued in print: 2021. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 217 pages). |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780192638519 0192638513 9780191904677 0191904678 9780192638502 0192638505 |