This book examines social and medical responses to the disfigured face in early medieval Europe, arguing that the study of head and facial injuries can offer a new contribution to the history of early medieval medicine and culture, as well as exploring the language of violence and social interactions.
The Duchy of Gaeta and Its Neighbours, 850 1139
The book delves into the interplay of political power and family identity in the medieval duchies of Gaeta, Amalfi, and Naples, particularly in the context of the Norman conquest. It analyzes how noble families managed local authority and economic control, using charters from the Codex diplomaticus Cajetanus. The study highlights Gaeta's commercial growth in the twelfth century and its unique political interactions with northern Italian cities, ultimately challenging traditional perspectives on early medieval power dynamics by emphasizing the socio-economic foundations of authority.
Accounts of specific communities and themes build to a comprehensive picture of Jews in England C11 - C13. číst celé
Building on over a century of scholarly achievements and advances, this book addresses the core problem of how to incorporate gender in the study of the history of medieval Europe, and why it is important to do so.
Medical historians are already familiar with medieval southern Italy through research into its famed medical school at Salerno. This volume takes a broader view of healthcare, seeking to illuminate the experience of sickness, attitudes towards the ill and infirm and the provision of care up to the twelfth century. Combining information from hagiography and chronicles with less well-known charters and archaeology, it deals with the provision of food, the environment, women's health, individual and collective disease and varieties of cure. A final chapter assesses the interaction between intellectual and practical medicine, as well as re-examining the early life of the medical school at Salerno. The book's importance lies in its wide-ranging approach and detailed analysis, which will appeal to historians of medicine and medieval culture alike.