Medicine, Religion and Gender in Medieval Culture

• Hoofdauteur: Kukita Yoshikawa, Naoë (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: Boydell & Brewer 2015
• Onderwerpen: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; History of medicine; literature; the body; medieval culture; disability; gendered ideologies; history of medicine; illness; religion; health
• Online toegang: OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Current preoccupations with the body have led to a growing interest in the intersections between religion, literature and the history of medicine, and, more specifically, how they converge within a given culture. This collection of essays explores the ways in which aspects of medieval culture were p...