Wounds in the Middle Ages (The History of Medicine in Context)

Wounds were a potent signifier reaching across all aspects of life in Europe in the middle ages, and their representation, perception and treatment is the focus of this volume. Following a survey of the history of medical wound treatment in the middle ages, paired chapters explore key themes situating wounds within the context of religious belief, writing on medicine, status and identity, and surgical practice. The final chapter reviews the history of medieval wounding through the modern imagination. Adopting an innovative approach to the subject, this book will appeal to all those interested in how past societies regarded health, disease and healing and will improve knowledge of not only the practice of medicine in the past, but also of the ethical, religious and cultural dimensions structuring that practice. Wounds Were A Potent Signifier Reaching Across All Aspects Of Life In Europe In The Middle Ages, And Their Representation, Perception And Treatment Is The Focus Of This Volume. Following A Survey Of The History Of Medical Wound Treatment Is The Focus Of This Voluime. Following A Survey Of The History Of Medical Wound Treatment In The Middle Ages, Paired Chapters Explore Key Themes Situating Wounds Within The Contexts Of Religious Belief, Writing On Medicine, Status And Identity, And Surgical Practice. The Final Chapter Reviews The History Of Medieval Wounding Through The Modern Imagination. Adopting An Innovation Approach To The Subject, This Book Will Appeal To All Those Interested In How Past Societies Regarded Health, Disease And Healing And Will Improve Knowledge Of Not Only The Practice Of Medicine In The Past, But Also Of The Ethical, Religious And Cultural Dimensions Structuring That Practice. -- From Back Cover. Introduction: Wounds In The Middle Ages / Anne Kirkham And Cordelia Warr -- Part I: A Medical Overview -- The Management Of Military Wounds In The Middle Ages / Jon Clasper -- Part Ii: Miraculous Wounds And Miraculous Healing -- Changing Stigmata / Cordelia Warr -- Miracle And Medicine: Conceptions Of Medical Knowledge And Practice In Thirteenth-century Miracle Accounts / Louise Elizabeth Wilson -- Part Iii: The Broken Body And The Broken Soul -- The Solution Of Continuous Things: Wounds In Late Medieval Medicine And Surgery / Karine Van't Land -- Medicine For The Wounded Soul / M.k.k. Yearl -- Part Iv: Wounds As Signifiers For Romance Man And Civil Man -- Christ's Wounds And The Birth Of Romance / Hannah Priest -- Wounding In The High Middle Ages: Law And Practice / Jenny Benham -- Part V: Wound Surgery In The Fourteenth Century -- Medicines For Surgical Practice In Fourteenth-century England: The Judgement Against John Le Spicer / Ian Naylor -- The Medical Crossbow From Jan Yperman To Isaack Koedijck / Maria Patijn -- Part Vi: The Modern Imagination -- The Bright Side Of The Knife: Dismemberment In Medieval Europe And The Modern Imagination / Lila Yawn. Edited By Anne Kirkham And Cordelia Warr. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 List of Figures......Page 8 List of Tables......Page 10 Notes on Contributors......Page 12 Acknowledgements......Page 16 Introduction......Page 18 Part I A Medical Overview......Page 32 1 The Management of Military Wounds in the Middle Ages......Page 34 Part II Miraculous Wounds and Miraculous Healing ......Page 58 2 Changing Stigmata......Page 60 3 Miracle and Medicine: Conceptions of Medical Knowledge and Practice......Page 80 Part III The Broken Body and the Broken Soul......Page 104 4 The Solution of Continuous Things: Wounds in Late Medieval Medicine and Surgery......Page 106 5 Medicine for the Wounded Soul......Page 126 Part IV Wounds as Signifiers for Romance Man and Civil Man ......Page 146 6 Christ’s Wounds and the Birth of Romance......Page 148 7 Wounding in the High Middle Ages: Law and Practice......Page 168 Part V Wound Surgery in the Fourteenth Century ......Page 190 8 Medicines for Surgical Practice in Fourteenth-Century England......Page 192 9 The Medical Crossbow from Jan Yperman to Isaack Koedijck......Page 214 Part VI The Modern Imagination......Page 230 10 The Bright Side of the Knife: Dismemberment in Medieval Europe and the Modern Imagination......Page 232 Index......Page 264 The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows: Wounds in the Middle Ages / edited by Anne Kirkham and Cordelia Warr. pages cm. --(The history of medicine in context) includes bibliographical references and index. isBn 978-1-4094-6569-0 (hardcover) 1. Wounds and injuries--treatment-history. 2. traumatology--history. 3. Medicine, Medieval. i. Kirkham, Anne (deborah Anne) ii. Warr, Cordelia. Rd93.W6882 2014 617.1--dc23 2013041440 isBn 9781409465690 (hbk) First published 2014 by Ashgate Publishing This book focuses on the representation, perception and treatment of wounds in the Middle Ages. Contributors situate wounds within the context of religious belief before turning to theory, symbolism, and more grounded spheres involving the law and the battlefield. Adopting an innovative approach to the subject, this book will appeal to all those interested in how past societies regarded health, disease and medicine as well as the ethical, religious and cultural dimensions that structured social perception