Robert Grosseteste's Thought on Light and Form of the World

Sparavigna, Amelia Carolina

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“…Collette, 2001), and, more importantly, the medieval metaphysics of light (cf. Gillespie, 2013, Sparavigna, 2014. Importantly, it is not claimed that the anchoress had ever read any particular treatises or was familiar with specific manuscripts.…”

Section: The Concept Of Light In Julian's Revelation Of Divine Lovementioning

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Julian of Norwich’s a Revelation of Love: A Grounded Cognition Approach to a Late Medieval Text

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2023

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Julian of Norwich was a late medieval anchoress and writer, whose work, The Showings, is known for its vivid imagery and bodily resonance it prompts in the reader. The paper identifies a gap in research on the embodied aspects of Julian’s imagery. The article discusses the connection between perception, action and the grounded nature of cognition, exploring its role in structuring Julian’s text. It uses the conceptions of situated conceptualisation and sociocultural situatedness to embed the work in the visual/material culture of the Middle Ages. It reveals how the mystic construes emotionally intense images, which underpin the abstract language of the text’s final chapters. To conclude, the recent conceptions from cognitive science may expand the analytical toolkit of cognitive-diachronic research in particular, helping illuminate the interplay of language, culture, and cognition.

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Julian of Norwich’s a Revelation of Love: A Grounded Cognition Approach to a Late Medieval Text

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Julian of Norwich’s Revelation of Divine Love: The concept of LIGHT and the development of the mystic’s spirituality

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2024

Język. Religia. Tożsamość.

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The fourteenth century is the golden age of English mysticism. One of the prominent figures of the day is Julian of Norwich, the author of The Revelations of Divine Love. The paper places the development of the mystic’s spirituality, reflected in her writings, against the backdrop of the late medieval culture. The paper adopts a Cognitive Linguistic perspective on the issue, focusing on the mystic’s use of conceptual metaphors related to the concept of LIGHT. The analysis shows that the metaphorical network derives, at least in part, from Julian’s situatedness in her sociocultural environment. The paper concludes that the mystic uses the notion of LIGHT in a way that allows her to discard the orthodox idea of a wrathful God, popular in the Middle Ages. Instead, she offers an image of God, full of love and mercy for humankind. While this indicates the progress of Julian’s spiritual understanding of the revelations she received in 1373, it also helps shed light on the mystic’s spiritual worldview.

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Robert Grosseteste's Thought on Light and Form of the World

Cited by 2 publications

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Julian of Norwich’s a Revelation of Love: A Grounded Cognition Approach to a Late Medieval Text

Julian of Norwich’s a Revelation of Love: A Grounded Cognition Approach to a Late Medieval Text

Julian of Norwich’s Revelation of Divine Love: The concept of LIGHT and the development of the mystic’s spirituality

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