Book ID: CBB001421889

Wounds in the Middle Ages (2014)

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Kirkham, Anne (Editor)
Warr, Cordelia (Editor)


Ashgate Publishing


Publication Date: 2014
Physical Details: 270 pp.; ill.; index
Language: English

Wounds were a potent signifier reaching across all aspects of life in Europe in the middle ages, and their representation, perception and treatment is the focus of this volume. Following a survey of the history of medical wound treatment in the middle ages, paired chapters explore key themes situating wounds within the context of religious belief, writing on medicine, status and identity, and surgical practice. The final chapter reviews the history of medieval wounding through the modern imagination. Adopting an innovative approach to the subject, this book will appeal to all those interested in how past societies regarded health, disease and healing and will improve knowledge of not only the practice of medicine in the past, but also of the ethical, religious and cultural dimensions structuring that practice.

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Authors & Contributors
Pittalis, Edoardo
Brenner, Elma
Stow, Kenneth R.
Bradley, Mark
Kuuliala, Jenni
Ragab, Ahmed
Concepts
Medicine and religion
Disease and diseases
Medicine, general histories
Medicine and society
Disabilities; disability; accessibility
Medicine
Time Periods
Medieval
17th century
Early modern
Renaissance
Ancient
18th century
Places
Europe
Levant and Near East
England
London (England)
Byzantium
Spain
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