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An interdisciplinary approach to the diverging concepts of health, illness, dis/ability, and healing which were present in early medieval England.
Illness is common to all humanity, but not all societies deal with it in the same way. This book explores how we may gain an understanding of the ways in which people thought about health and illness in early medieval England. By combining different fields and methodologies, from bioarchaeology to literary depictions, it explores varied forms of care, cure and prevention. It considers the vocabulary used to describe different aspects of health, illness and dis/ability; the people and institutions that provided care; and ingredients of healing, such as herbs, chants, prayers and stories.
Illness is common to all humanity, but not all societies deal with it in the same way. This book explores how we may gain an understanding of the ways in which people thought about health and illness in early medieval England. By combining different fields and methodologies, from bioarchaeology to literary depictions, it explores varied forms of care, cure and prevention. It considers the vocabulary used to describe different aspects of health, illness and dis/ability; the people and institutions that provided care; and ingredients of healing, such as herbs, chants, prayers and stories.
Price: $190.00
Pages: 368
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: Boydell Press
Publication Date:
16 March 2027
Trim Size: 9.21 X 6.14 in
ISBN: 9781837656141
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, European history: medieval period, middle ages, MEDICAL / History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066), LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, History of medicine, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Archaeology
Map of Places
Introduction: No Body Is Perfect
1. Bones, Burials, and Bacteria
2. The Shape of Things
3. Ælc man sceal sar ðolian: Concepts of Health, Illness, and Impairment in Literary Sources
4. Lef mon læces behofað
Conclusion
Introduction: No Body Is Perfect
1. Bones, Burials, and Bacteria
2. The Shape of Things
3. Ælc man sceal sar ðolian: Concepts of Health, Illness, and Impairment in Literary Sources
4. Lef mon læces behofað
Conclusion