Reconsider the Occidental medieval culture and show its contemporary significance-according to the French modern thought

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According to the French modern thought, especially to the philosophy of Georges Bataille and Michel Foucault, I reconsidered several aspects of the Occidental medieval culture and pointed out their unexplored characteristics. Particularly in the field of Theology, Literature and Iconography, I presented the influences of indescribable affections animating creators and appreciators in the Middle Ages. The contemporary significance of this study consists in two suggestions. It suggests that the modern historical studies should reflect on their positivistic method based exclusively on the literal documents and that, for understanding our contemporary cultures, we should give flexible and patient attention to human dark affections, which are too contradictory and changeable to be seized by the literal expression.