Walking Corpses : Leprosy in Byzantium and the Medieval West /

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"The history of leprosy in the West is incomplete without also considering the Byzantine Empire, which confronted leprosy and its effects well before the Latin West. The authors argue that ethical writings from the Byzantine world and from Catholic Europe never branded leprosy as punishment for...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Miller, Timothy S., 1945- (Autor), Nesbitt, John W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2023.
Edición:Paperback edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Medicine, Medieval.
Leprosy > Hospitals.
Leprosy.
Leprosy > Europe > History > To 1500.
Leprosy > Byzantine Empire > History > To 1500.
Leprosy > Hospitals > Europe > History > To 1500.
Leprosy > Hospitals > Byzantine Empire > History > To 1500.
Europe.
Byzantine Empire.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"The history of leprosy in the West is incomplete without also considering the Byzantine Empire, which confronted leprosy and its effects well before the Latin West. The authors argue that ethical writings from the Byzantine world and from Catholic Europe never branded leprosy as punishment for sin; rather, theologians and moralists saw the disease as a mark of God's favor on those chosen for heaven"--
Notas:"First paperback printing 2023 by Cornell University Press."
Descripción Física:1 online resource (282 pages).
ISBN:9781501770845

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