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Living with Disfigurement in Early Medieval Europe
Patricia Skinner
2017
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 damage in the course of war and/or punitive justice. The impact of acquired disfigurement —for the individual, and for her or his family and community—is barely registered, and only recently has there been any attempt to explore the question of how damaged tissue and bone might be treated medically or surgically. In the wake of new work on disability and the emotions in the medieval period, this study documents how acquired disfigurement is recorded across different geographical and chronological contexts in the period.
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Keywords
- Disfigurement
- European History
- European history: medieval period, middle ages
- gender
- History
- History of Medieval Europe
- History of Western philosophy
- Humanities
- Literary studies: ancient, classical & medieval
- Literary studies: classical, early & medieval
- Literary studies: general
- Literature & literary studies
- Literature: history & criticism
- Medicine and health
- Medieval Literature
- Medieval Philosophy
- Philosophy
- Regional & national history
- thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBB Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
- thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history
- thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought::QDHF Medieval Western philosophy
- Violence
- Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600
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DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-54439-1web: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/978-1-137-54439-1
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