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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hartnell, Jack (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
Edition:	First American edition.
Subjects:	Civilization, Medieval. Medicine, Medieval. Human body > Social aspects > History.

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