Medieval bodies : life, death and art in the Middle Ages /

With wit, wisdom and a sharp scalpel, Jack Hartnell dissects the medieval body and offers a remedy to our preconceptions. Medieval beliefs about the body were drastically different from ours today. Hair was thought to be a condensation of fumes emitted from the pores, ideas were supposedly committed...

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Main Author: Hartnell, Jack (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
Edition:First American edition.
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