Research Catalog

Title

The "obese medieval monk" : a multidisciplinary study of a sterotype / Pip Patrick.

Author

Patrick, Pip

Publication

• Oxford, England : Archaeopress, 2014.
• ©2014

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Details

Description

ix, 191 pages : illustrations, maps, plans; 30 cm

Summary

The purpose of this study is to explore, through a variety of approaches, the extent to which the stereotype of the "obese medieval monk" is founded in truth. The work aims to determine the "antiquity" of that stereotype, by exploring the image of the monk throughout the medieval period (defined as AD 1066-c.1540), and the contribution of the medieval accusations and criticisms of monks to the evolution of the modern stereotype. Chapters focus on archaeological and historical evidence pertaining to monastic diet, and an osteological study comparing the physique and the prevalence of obesity-related joint disease in medieval monks from London with their secular counterparts. Ultimately, the evidence presented in each chapter is drawn together and considered to give a holistic perspective on the "obese medieval monk."

Series Statement

BAR British series ; 590

Uniform Title

BAR British series ; 590.

Alternative Title

Obese medieval monk : a multidisciplinary study of a stereotype

Subject

• St Mary Graces (Abbey : London, England)
• Bermondsey Abbey (London, England)
• To 1500
• Medeltiden
• Monks > Health and hygiene > History > England > London > To 1500
• Body weight > England > London > History > To 1500
• Obesity > England > London > History > To 1500
• Osteoarthritis > England > London > History > To 1500
• Human remains (Archaeology) > England > London
• Monks > England > London > History > To 1500
• Monks > England > History > To 1500
• Diet > England > History > To 1500
• Monastic and religious life > England > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500
• Monks > England > Public opinion > History
• Body weight
• Diet in disease
• Archaeology
• Medicine, Medieval
• Monks
• Body Weight
• Diet
• Archaeology
• Stereotyping
• History, Medieval
• archaeology
• Medicine, Medieval
• Diet in disease
• Antiquities
• Diet
• Human remains (Archaeology)
• Monastic and religious life > Middle Ages
• Monks
• Obesity
• Osteoarthritis
• Munkar > historia
• Munkar > attityder till > historia
• Klosterliv
• Övervikt
• Mänskliga kvarlevor
• Saint Mary Merton Site (London, England)
• London (England) > Antiquities
• London
• England
• England > London
• England > London > Saint Mary Merton Site

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• Adaptation of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of London, 2005), which was presented under title: "Greed, gluttony, and intemperance"? : testing the stereotype of the "obese medieval monk."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-191).

Contents

The popular image of monks in medieval England -- Monastic diet in theory and practice -- Obesity-related skeletal pathology -- Reconstructing physique from the human skeleton -- Assemblages and methodologies -- Results : pathology -- Results : physique -- Case control studies : pathology -- Case control studies : physique -- Osteological study : analysis and discussion -- Conclusions -- Appendix 1. Physique proxies -- Appendix 2. Body weight -- Appendix 3. Stature -- Appendix 4. Body mass index.

ISBN

• 9781407312248
• 1407312243

OCLC

• ocn875159871
• 875159871
• SCSB-1775651

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library