Community, Peace, and Happiness in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age. Social, Communicative, Philosophical, and Emotional Negotiations

This volume, combining numerous methodological and disciplinary approaches, seeks to explore how pre-modern writers, thinkers, theologians, and poets reflected on the perennial problems of violence, miscommunication, hatred, and outright war, all directly threatening the survival of civilized society. While the aristocratic courts strongly promoted the ideal of love, in reality, as countless literary examples indicate, this powerful emotion easily led to even more conflicts and tensions. By contrast, during the same time period, increasingly groups of friends, colleagues, like-minded individuals, spiritual communities, and companies of those who pursued the same economic and political interests emerged and signaled that peace and friendship were possible, that religious differences would not have to be impossible barriers, and that shared concerns for peace and collaboration could matter much more than greedy and violent approaches in military terms, for instance. Community, peace, and happiness proved to be the three keywords for a magic that promoted the constructive growth of society, both materially and spiritually. Friendship existed between Jews and Christians, between…

Издательство

Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Год

2026

Страниц

594

Язык

английский

ISBN

9783112233184