Urban Bodies: Communal Health in Late Medieval English Towns and Cities
- 445 páginas
- 16 horas de lectura
The idea of English medieval towns and cities as filthy, muddy and insanitary is here overturned in a pioneering new study.
Carole Rawcliffe explora la teoría y la práctica de la medicina en la Inglaterra medieval, con un enfoque particular en hospitales, la intersección entre curación y religión, y la salud urbana. Investiga las respuestas medievales a las enfermedades, incluida la lepra. Su investigación actual profundiza en los conceptos de salud y bienestar previos a la Reforma.


The idea of English medieval towns and cities as filthy, muddy and insanitary is here overturned in a pioneering new study.
A major reassessment, based on hitherto unpublished manuscript material, of a disease whose history has attracted more myths and misunderstandings than any other.