Péchés de la langue : le cas d’Archambaut du roman "Flamenca" (roman occitan du XIIIe siècle)
Sins of the tongue: the case of Archambaut, romance of "Flamenca" (Occitan romance of the 13th century)

Summary/Abstract: Treacherous, frivolous and yet hallowed organ, the tongue held, in the Middle Ages, an ambiguous position like midway element between the sinful body and the soul. This paper aims to focus on the sins of the tongue, listed by Carla Casagrande and Silvana Vecchio in their pioneering study "Péchés de la langue. Discipline et éthique de la parole dans la culture médiévale" and pictured in the thirteenth century occitan novel "Flamenca" as a tighten relationship between body, outlet for sins, and language.

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