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Medieval Bodies Life Death And Art In The Middle Ages Paperback Edition Jack Hartnell

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Medieval Bodies Life Death And Art In The Middle Ages Paperback Edition Jack Hartnell
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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
File Extension: EPUB
File size: 138.26 MB
Pages: 346
Author: Jack Hartnell
ISBN: 9781781256800, 9781324002161, 9781324002178, 1781256802, 1324002166, 1324002174
Language: English
Year: 2019
Edition: Paperback edition

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Medieval Bodies Life Death And Art In The Middle Ages Paperback Edition Jack Hartnell by Jack Hartnell 9781781256800, 9781324002161, 9781324002178, 1781256802, 1324002166, 1324002174 instant download after payment.

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,...

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