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Title Statement | Medieval bodies: life, death and art in the Middle Ages / Jack Hartnell. |
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Alternative Title(s) | Life and death in the Middle Ages |
Author | Hartnell, Jack |
Publication | New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company,[2019]©2018 |
Edition | First American edition. |
Extent of Item | 346 pages |
ISBN | 1324002166 9781324002161 |
Other Number | 3659203 |
General Notes | Originally published: London : Profile Books in partnership with Wellcome Collection, 2018. |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary | "With wit, wisdom, and a sharp scalpel, Jack Hartnell dissects the medieval body and offers a remedy to our preconceptions. Medieval beliefs about the body were drastically different from ours today: Hair was thought to be a condensation of fumes emitted from the pores, ideas were supposedly committed to memory by being directly imprinted on the brain, and the womb of a goat was believed to function as a contraceptive. But while this medieval medicine now seems archaic, it also made a critical contribution to modern science. Medieval Bodies guides us on a head-to-heel journey through this era's revolutionary advancements and disturbing convictions. We learn about the surgeons who dissected a living man's stomach, then sewed him up again; about the geographers who delineated racial groups by skin color; and about the practice of fasting to gain spiritual renown. Encompassing medicine and mysticism, politics and art--and complete with vivid, full-color illustrations--Medieval Bodies shows us how it felt to live and die a thousand years ago"--Provided by publisher. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Civilization, Medieval |
Medicine, Medieval | |
Human body--Social aspects--History | |
Middle Ages |