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Walking corpses : leprosy in Byzantium and the medieval West /
"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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Ithaca, New York :
Cornell University Press,
2023.
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| Edition: | Paperback edition. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- The ancient world
- Leprosy in the Byzantine Empire
- Byzantine medicine
- Byzantine leprosaria
- Leprosy in the Latin West
- Leprosaria in the West
- The Knights of Lazarus.