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- Title
Saint Anselm and His Students Writing about Love: A Theological Foundation for the Rise of Romantic Love in Europe.
- Authors
VAUGHN, SALLY N.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the writings of Saint Anselm and his monastic students from the Abbot of Bec. According to historian Stephen Jaeger, Saint Anselm and his students' writings suggest that the nature of friendship and love between men and women was considered. He goes on to state that they interpreted the nature of friendship's ideal state in chaste opposite sex friendships and in married love as ennobling. The author states that through this interpretation, the concept of original sin was redefined.
- Subjects
ANSELM, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1033-1109; MAN-woman relationships in literature; LOVE in Christianity; ORIGINAL sin in literature; WRITINGS of clergy; MONKS' writings; JAEGER, Stephen; MARITAL relations
- Publication
Journal of the History of Sexuality, 2010, Vol 19, Issue 1, p54
- ISSN
1043-4070
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/sex.0.0082