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Medieval bodies : life, death and art in the Middle Ages
- Title
- Medieval bodies : life, death and art in the Middle Ages / Jack Hartnell.
- Author
- Hartnell, Jack
- Publication
- New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2018]
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Details
- Description
- 346 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 25 cm
- 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"--
- Alternative Title
- Medieval bodies : life and death in the Middle Ages
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- First published by Profile Books in partnership with Wellcome Collection in the UK in 2018 under the title MEDIEVAL BODIES: Life, Death and Art in the Middle Ages.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-324) and index.
- Contents
- Medieval bodies -- Head -- Senses -- Skin -- Bone -- Heart -- Blood -- Hands -- Stomach -- Genitals -- Feet -- Future bodies.
- Call Number
- JFE 20-269
- ISBN
- 9781324002161
- 1324002166
- LCCN
- 2019026005
- OCLC
- 1084327620
- Author
- Hartnell, Jack, author.
- Title
- Medieval bodies : life, death and art in the Middle Ages / Jack Hartnell.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2018]
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-324) and index.
- Cover Title
- Medieval bodies : life and death in the Middle Ages
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-269