Wounds and Wound Repair in Medieval Culture

• Main Author: Tracy, Larissa (auth)
• Other Authors: DeVries, Kelly (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Brill 2015
• Series: Explorations in Medieval Culture 1
• Subjects: History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400; Literature & literary studies; Medieval history; Military history; History of medicine; medieval culture; middle ages; wound repair; wounded body; wounding; medieval literature
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: description of the publication

The spectacle of the wounded body figured prominently in the Middle Ages, from images of Christ's wounds on the cross, to the ripped and torn bodies of tortured saints who miraculously heal through divine intervention, to graphic accounts of battlefield and tournament wounds-evidence of which s...