Leprosy in Medieval England
Autor Carole Rawcliffeen Limba Engleză Paperback – 22 apr 2009
Set firmly in the medical, religious and cultural milieu of the European MiddleAges, this book is the first serious, comprehensive study of a disease surrounded by misconceptions and prejudices. Even specialists will be surprised to learn that most of our stereotyped ideas about the segregation of medieval lepers originated in the nineteenth century; that leprosy excited a vast range of responses, from admiration to revulsion; that in the later Middle Ages it was diagnosed readily even by laity; that a wide range of treatment was available; that medieval leper hospitals were no more austere than the monasteries on which they were modelled; that the decline of leprosy was not monocausal but implied a complex web of factors - medical, environmental, social andlegal. Written with consummate skill, subtlety and rigour, this book will change forever the image of the medieval leper.
CAROLE RAWCLIFFE is Professor of Medieval History at the University of East Anglia.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781843834540
ISBN-10: 1843834545
Pagini: 440
Ilustrații: 35 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white line drawings
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.93 kg
Editura: BOYDELL PRESS
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1843834545
Pagini: 440
Ilustrații: 35 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white line drawings
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.93 kg
Editura: BOYDELL PRESS
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
Descriere
A major reassessment, based on hitherto unpublished manuscript material, of a disease whose history has attracted more myths and misunderstandings than any other.