Medievalists.net » Pavia http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Sincere Body: The Performance of Weeping and Emotion in Late Medieval Italian Sermons http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/30/sincere-body-performance-weeping-emotion-late-medieval-italian-sermons/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/30/sincere-body-performance-weeping-emotion-late-medieval-italian-sermons/#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2014 16:58:05 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54498 In 1493 the well-known and controversial Franciscan preacher Bernardino of Feltre gave a series of Lenten sermons to the people of Pavia. On March 11 he dedicated an entire sermon to the necessity of contrition—or perfect sorrow over sin—in the rite of confession.

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