Religion and medicine in the Middle Ages / edited by Peter Biller and Joseph Ziegler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Biller, Peter.

Ziegler, Joseph, 1959-

Series:

York studies in medieval theology 1366-9656 ; 3.

York studies in medieval theology, 1366-9656 ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Health.

Medicine--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Medicine.

Medicine, Medieval.

Catholic Church--Doctrines.

Catholic Church.

Physical Description:

xvi, 253 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : York Medieval Press, 2001.

Summary:

Medicine and religion were intertwined in the middle ages; here are studies of specific instances.

The sheer extent of crossover -- medics as religious men, religious men as medics, medical language at the service of preaching and moral-theological language deployed in medical writings -- is the driving force behind these studies. The book reflects the extraordinary advances which 'pure' history of medicine has made in the last twenty years: there is medicine at the levels of midwife and village practitioner, and the sweep of the learned Greek and Latin tradition of over a millenium; there is control of midwifery by the priest, therapy through liturgy, medicine as an expression of religious life for heretics, medicine invading theologians' discussion of earthly paradise; and so on.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1903153077

OCLC:

46729315