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Images of leprosy : disease, religion, and politics in European art /
From biblical times to the onset of the Black Death in the fourteenth century, leprosy was considered the worst human affliction, both medically and socially. Only fifty years ago, leprosy, or Hansen's disease, was an incurable infectious illness, and it still remains a grave global concern. Re...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Kirksville, Mo. :
Truman State University Press,
[2011]
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| Colección: | Early modern studies series ;
7. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : an ancient disease in European images
- Leprosy worldwide and the state of modern research
- Historiography of Hansen's disease in Europe
- Societal responses to leprosy in Europe
- Development of the leprosy iconography
- Christ healing a leper in Christological cycles : the political significance of imperial and royal commissions, ca. 800-1200
- Patron saints of leprosy and their images in religious and political contexts, ca. 1200-1800
- Diversity in leprosy subjects : Biblical themes and increasing secularization, ca. 1450-1750
- Conclusions : images of leprosy as a European cultural phenomenon
- Appendix A : sources related to leprosy images
- Appendix B : the most prominent saints associated with leprosy.