The History of Physiognomy

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Mark Greengrass (Sheffield University)

'Bodily Eloquence: the ethics and politics of emotion in the sixteenth century'

This paper will be looking at are the treatises on rhetoric and morality to see how they must have seemed to reinforce the message of the physiognomy texts. 

'L'éloquence de corps: l'éthique et la politique de l'émotion au seizième siècle'.

Cette communication explorera les traités de rhétorique et de morale pour voir comment ils ont pu renforcer le message des textes physiognomonique.

 

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