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The 'obese medieval monk' : a multidisciplinary study of a sterotype / Pip Patrick.
LIBRA BX2440 .P38 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Patrick, Pip, author.
- Series:
- BAR British series ; 590.
- BAR British series ; 590
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Monks--England--History.
- Monks.
- Monastic and religious life--England--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Monastic and religious life.
- Body weight--England--History.
- Body weight.
- Obesity--England--History.
- Obesity.
- Human remains (Archaeology)--England.
- Human remains (Archaeology).
- History.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 191 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm.
- Other Title:
- Obese medieval monk : a multidisciplinary study of a stereotype
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Archaeopress, 2014.
- Contents:
- The popular image of monks in Medieval England
- Monastic diet in theory and practice
- Obesity-related skeletal pathology
- Reconstructing physique from the human skeleton
- Assemblages and methodologies
- Results - pathology
- Results - physique
- Case control studies - pathology
- Case controls tudies - physique
- Osteological study - analysis and discussion
- Conclusions
- Appendices. Appendix 1: Physique proxies
- Appendix 2: Body weight
- Appendix 3: Stature
- Appendix 4: Body mass index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-191) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781407312248
- 1407312243
- OCLC:
- 875159871
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