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Leprosy in medieval England
Set firmly in the medical, religious and cultural milieu of the European MiddleAges, this book is the first serious, comprehensive study of a disease surrounded by misconceptions and prejudices. Even specialists will be surprised to learn that most of our stereotyped ideas about the segregation of m...
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| Format : | Book |
| Language : | français |
| Title statement : | Leprosy in medieval England / Carole Rawcliffe |
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Woodbridge :
The Boydell Press
, C 2006 |
| Physical Description : | 1 vol. (XII-421 p.) |
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| Summary : | Set firmly in the medical, religious and cultural milieu of the European MiddleAges, this book is the first serious, comprehensive study of a disease surrounded by misconceptions and prejudices. Even specialists will be surprised to learn that most of our stereotyped ideas about the segregation of medieval lepers originated in the nineteenth century; that leprosy excited a vast range of responses, from admiration to revulsion; that in the later Middle Ages it was diagnosed readily even by laity; that a wide range of treatment was available; that medieval leper hospitals were no more austere than the monasteries on which they were modelled; that the decline of leprosy was not monocausal but implied a complex web of factors - medical, environmental, social andlegal. Written with consummate skill, subtlety and rigour, this book will change forever the image of the medieval leper. |
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| Publication history : | Autres tirages : 2009, 2021 |
| Bibliography : | Bibliogr. p. [359]-395. Notes bibliogr. en bas de pages.Index |
| ISBN : | 1-84383-273-9 978-1-8438-3454-0 |