{"product_id":"love-cures-healing-and-love-magic-in-old-french-romance-paperback","title":"Love Cures: Healing and Love Magic in Old French Romance - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaine E. Doggett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is love? Popular culture bombards us with notions of the intoxicating capacities of love or of beguiling women who can bewitch or heal--to the point that it is easy to believe that such images are timeless and universal. Not so, argues Laine Doggett in \u003ci\u003eLove Cures\u003c\/i\u003e. Aspects of love that are expressed in popular music--such as \"love is a drug,\" \"sexual healing,\" and \"love potion number nine\"--trace deep roots to Old French romance of the high Middle Ages. A young woman heals a poisoned knight. A mother prepares a love potion for a daughter who will marry a stranger in a faraway land. How can readers interpret such events? In contrast to scholars who have dismissed these women as fantasy figures or labeled them \"witches,\" Doggett looks at them in the light of medical and magical practices of the high Middle Ages. \u003ci\u003eLove Cures \u003c\/i\u003eargues that these practitioners, as represented in romance, have shaped modern notions of love. \u003ci\u003eLove Cures\u003c\/i\u003e seeks to engage scholars of love, marriage, and magic in disciplines as diverse as literature, history, anthropology, and philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaine E. Doggett is Associate Professor of French at St. Mary's College, Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53111638524211,"sku":"9780271035314","price":93.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/4538xlPOIL9780271035314.webp?v=1772748536","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/love-cures-healing-and-love-magic-in-old-french-romance-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}