Medieval bodies : life, death and art in the Middle Ages / Jack Hartnell.
"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.
Record details
- ISBN: 1324002166
- ISBN: 9781324002161
- Physical Description: 346 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
- Edition: First American edition
- Publisher: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2018]
Content descriptions
- General 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, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-324) and index.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | 909.07 HAR (Text) | 37810435759740 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
