Wounds and Wound Repair in Medieval Culture

• Kaituhi matua: Tracy, Larissa (auth)
• Ētahi atu kaituhi: DeVries, Kelly (auth)
• Hōputu: Tāhiko Wāhanga pukapuka
• Reo: Ingarihi
• I whakaputaina: Brill 2015
• Rangatū: Explorations in Medieval Culture 1
• Ngā marau: 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
• Urunga tuihono: 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...