Kirsty Day
Biographic Data
| ID | 3991071 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kirsty Day |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kirsty |
| FAMILY NAME | Day |
| SIGNATURE | DAY K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9396-580X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Anger and Authority in the Letters of Pope Innocent III (1198–1216)
This article examines how Pope Innocent III (1198–1216) and his curia employed expressions of anger as a rhetorical tool in papal letters, using a variety of anger terms and Biblical quotations. Emotions such as anger were culturally and historically specific, and we argue that, when expressing anger, the papal curia followed the contemporary norms for angry expression that governed society in general and rulers specifically. At the time, express…
The Zeal with which Christ was Inflamed’
The writing of Pope Innocent III (r. 1198–1216) contains multiple references to the irascible power of the human soul, the purpose of which was to repel evil. In Si dormiatis , Innocent’s sermon on the ideal priesthood, the violent emotional behaviour produced by the irascible power is proof that the priest was carrying out his office correctly. Analysis of the sermon in the context of Innocent’s own corpus, contemporary commentaries on ‘angry em…
Sorrow, masculinity and papal authority in the writing of Pope Innocent III (1198–1216) and his curia
This article examines how Pope Innocent III (1198–1216) and his curia used emotions to communicate the supreme authority of the pope through a gendered order of knowledge and feeling in letters. Innocent and his curia worked codes of masculinity into an emotional regime of excellence and spiritual possibility, one that excluded women and femininity and enabled the derogation of feminised forms of spiritual authority. Focusing on Innocent and his …
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The Zeal with which Christ was Inflamed’
The writing of Pope Innocent III (r. 1198–1216) contains multiple references to the irascible power of the human soul, the purpose of which was to repel evil. In Si dormiatis , Innocent’s sermon on the ideal priesthood, the violent emotional behaviour produced by the irascible power is proof that the priest was carrying out his office correctly. Analysis of the sermon in the context of Innocent’s own corpus, contemporary commentaries on ‘angry em…
Sorrow, masculinity and papal authority in the writing of Pope Innocent III (1198–1216) and his curia
This article examines how Pope Innocent III (1198–1216) and his curia used emotions to communicate the supreme authority of the pope through a gendered order of knowledge and feeling in letters. Innocent and his curia worked codes of masculinity into an emotional regime of excellence and spiritual possibility, one that excluded women and femininity and enabled the derogation of feminised forms of spiritual authority. Focusing on Innocent and his …
Anger and Authority in the Letters of Pope Innocent III (1198–1216)
This article examines how Pope Innocent III (1198–1216) and his curia employed expressions of anger as a rhetorical tool in papal letters, using a variety of anger terms and Biblical quotations. Emotions such as anger were culturally and historically specific, and we argue that, when expressing anger, the papal curia followed the contemporary norms for angry expression that governed society in general and rulers specifically. At the time, express…
Medieval Literature and History (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Power (physics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity (2 works) · Anger (1 works)