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Author Skinner, Patricia, 1965- author.

Title Living with disfigurement in early medieval Europe / Patricia Skinner.

Publication Info. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Internet  WORLD WIDE WEB E-BOOK Springer    Downloadable
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Internet  WORLD WIDE WEB E-BOOK Springer    Downloadable
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Description 1 online resource (x, 282 pages).
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Series New Middle Ages
New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Contents 1. Introduction: Writing and Reading about Medieval Disfigurement. 2. The Face, Honor and 'Face'.3. Disfigurement, Authority and the Law. 4. Stigma and Disfigurement: Putting on a Brave Face?.5. Defacing Women: the Gendering of Disfigurement. 6. Ways of Seeing: Staring at and Representing Disfigurement. 7. Paths to Rehabilitation? The Possibilities of Treatment. 8. Conclusion -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary This book is open access under a CC-BY 4.0 license. 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. Despite the prevalence of warfare and conflict in early medieval society, and a veritable industry of medieval historians studying it, there has in fact been very little attention paid to the subject of head wounds and facial damage in the course of war and/or punitive justice. The impact of acquired disfigurement "for the individual, and for her or his family and community"is barely registered, and only recently has there been any attempt to explore the question of how damaged tissue and bone might be treated medically or surgically. In the wake of new work on disability and the emotions in the medieval period, this study documents how acquired disfigurement is recorded across different geographical and chronological contexts in the period.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (245-271) and index.
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Subject Disfigured persons -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
Disfigured persons -- Europe -- Social conditions -- To 1500.
Face -- Wounds and injuries -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
Head -- Wounds and injuries -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
Wounds and Injuries -- history.
Facial Injuries -- history.
Face -- abnormalities.
Craniofacial Abnormalities -- history.
Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500.
Disfigured persons. (OCoLC)fst00895218
Face -- Wounds and injuries. (OCoLC)fst00919552
Head -- Wounds and injuries. (OCoLC)fst00952611
Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
Chronological Term To 1500
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Printed edition 9781349950737
ISBN 9781349950737 (print)
1349950734 (print)
Standard No. 10.1057/978-1-137-54439-1 doi
ISBN 9781137544391
1137544392
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