Urban Bodies: Communal Health in Late Medieval English Towns and Cities
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The idea of English medieval towns and cities as filthy, muddy and insanitary is here overturned in a pioneering new study.
Carole Rawcliffe esplora la teoria e la pratica della medicina nell'Inghilterra medievale, con un focus particolare su ospedali, l'intersezione tra guarigione e religione e la salute urbana. Indaga le risposte medievali alle malattie, inclusa la lebbra. La sua ricerca attuale approfondisce i concetti di salute e benessere precedenti alla Riforma.


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A major reassessment, based on hitherto unpublished manuscript material, of a disease whose history has attracted more myths and misunderstandings than any other.