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Living with Disfigurement in Early Medieval Europe
Patricia Skinner
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Description for Living with Disfigurement in Early Medieval Europe
Hardback. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 219 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
This book is open access under a CC-BY 4.0 license. This book examines social and medical responses to the disfigured face in early medieval Europe, arguing that the study of head and facial injuries can offer a new contribution to the history of early medieval medicine and culture, as well as exploring the language of violence and social interactions. Despite the prevalence of warfare and conflict in early medieval society, and a veritable industry of medieval historians studying it, there has in fact been very little attention paid to the subject of head wounds and facial ... Read more
This book is open access under a CC-BY 4.0 license. This book examines social and medical responses to the disfigured face in early medieval Europe, arguing that the study of head and facial injuries can offer a new contribution to the history of early medieval medicine and culture, as well as exploring the language of violence and social interactions. Despite the prevalence of warfare and conflict in early medieval society, and a veritable industry of medieval historians studying it, there has in fact been very little attention paid to the subject of head wounds and facial ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
The New Middle Ages
Condition
New
Number of Pages
282
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349950737
SKU
V9781349950737
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About Patricia Skinner
Patricia Skinner is Research Professor in Arts and Humanities at Swansea University, UK. She is the Director of the Effaced from History project, sponsored by the Wellcome Trust, and has previously published books on gender, medicine, and health, in addition to the social history of southern Italy.
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