Medieval bodies : life, death and art in the Middle Ages
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346 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm
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English
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-324) and index.
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Kirkus Review - Adult,100119
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Publisher's Weekly,101419
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Booklist,,101519, p. 13
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Library Journal,,092719, p. 1
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"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.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hartnell, J. (2019). Medieval bodies: life, death and art in the Middle Ages (First American edition.). W.W. Norton & Company, Inc..
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hartnell, Jack. 2019. Medieval Bodies: Life, Death and Art in the Middle Ages. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hartnell, Jack. Medieval Bodies: Life, Death and Art in the Middle Ages W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hartnell, Jack. Medieval Bodies: Life, Death and Art in the Middle Ages First American edition., W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2019.
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