In the medieval age
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In the medieval age
（A cultural history of the human body / general editors, Linda Kalof and William Bynum, v. 2）
Berg, 2010
English ed
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A cultural history of the human body in the medieval age
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-285) and index
Contents of Works
- Birth and death / Katharine Park
- Health, disease, and the medieval body / Ann G. Carmichael
- The sexual body / Ruth Mazo Karras and Jacqueline Murray
- The body inferred : knowing the body through the dissection of texts / Fernando Salmón
- Bodies and the supernatural : humans, demons, and angels / Anke Bernau
- Beautiful bodies / Montserrat Cabré
- Bodily essences : bodies as categories of difference / Monica H. Green
- The diversity of human kind / Monica H. Green
- Cultural representations of the body / Samantha Riches and Bettina Bildhauer
- Self and society / Sylvia Huot
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Christian, Jewish and Muslim communities of medieval Western Europe conceived of the human body in manifold ways. The body was not a fixed or unmalleable mass of flesh but an entity that changed its character depending on its age, its interactions with its environment and its diet. For example, a slave would have been marked by her language, her name, her religion or even by a sign burned onto her skin, not by her color alone.
Covering the period from 500 to 1500 and using sources that range across the full spectrum of medieval literary, scientific, medical and artistic production, this volume explores the rich variety of medieval views of both the real and the metaphorical body.
A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Medieval Age presents an overview of the period with essays on the centrality of the human body in birth and death, health and disease, sexuality, beauty and concepts of the ideal, bodies marked by gender, race, class and age, cultural representations and popular beliefs and the self and society.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Monica H. Green (Arizona State University, USA)
1 Birth and Death
Katharine Park (Harvard University, USA)
2 Health, Disease, and the Medieval Body
Ann G. Carmichael (Indiana University, Bloomington, USA)
3 The Sexual Body
Ruth Mazo Karras (University of Minnesota, USA) and Jacqueline Murray (University of Guelph, CANADA)
4 The Body Inferred: Knowing the Body through the Dissection of Texts
Fernando Salmon (University of Cantabria, SPAIN)
5 Bodies and the Supernatural: Humans, Demons, and Angels
Anke Bernau (University of Manchester, UK)
6 Beautiful Bodies
Montserrat Cabre (Universidad de Cantabria, SPAIN)
7 Bodily Essences: Bodies as Categories of Difference
Monica H. Green (Arizona State University, USA)
8 The Diversity of Human Kind
Monica H. Green (Arizona State University, USA)
9 Cultural Representations of the Body
Samantha Riches (Lancaster University, UK) and Bettina Bildhauer (University of St Andrews, UK)
10 Self and Society
Sylvia Huot (University of Cambridge, UK)
Notes
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