Medicine and the law in the Middle Ages / edited by Wendy J. Turner & Sara M. Butler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Turner, Wendy J. (Wendy Jo), 1961- editor.

Butler, Sara M. (Sara Margaret), editor.

Series:

Medieval law and its practice ; v. 17.

Medieval law and its practice, 1873-8176 ; volume 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical jurisprudence--History.

Medical jurisprudence.

Medical laws and legislation.

Medicine, Medieval--History.

Medicine, Medieval.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 378 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014]

Summary:

Medicine and the Law in the Middle Ages offers fresh insight into the intersection between these two distinct disciplines. A dozen authors address this interaction within three themes: medical matters in law and administration of law, professionalization and regulation of medicine, and medicine and law in hagiography. The chapters include subjects such as medical expertise at law on assault pregnancy, rape, homicide, and mental health; legal regulation of medicine, roles physicians and surgeons played in the process of professionalization; canon law regulations governing physical health and ecclesiastical leaders; and connections between saint's judgments and the bodies of the peniternt. Drawing on primary sources from England, France, Frisia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, the volume offers a truly international perspective. Book jacket.

Contents:

Medical Matters in Law and Administration of Law 23

1 Compensating Body and Honor: The Old Frisian Compensation Tariffs / Han Nijdam Nijdam, Han 25

2 Midwives in the Middle Ages? Birth Attendants, 600-1300 / Fiona Harris-Stoertz Harris-Stoertz, Fiona 58

3 Learned Men and Skillful Matrons: Medical Expertise and the Forensics of Rape in the Middle Ages / Hiram Kümper Kümper, Hiram 88

4 Expert Examination of Wounds in the Criminal Court of Justice in Cocentaina (Kingdom of Valencia) during the Late Middle Ages / Carmet Ferragud Ferragud, Carmet 109

5 Forensic Evidence, Lay Witnesses and Medical Expertise in the Criminal Courts of Late Medieval Italy / Joanna Carraway Vitiello Vitiello, Joanna Carraway 133

6 Mental Health as a Foundation for Suit or an Excuse for Theft in Medieval English Legal Disputes / Wendy J. Turner Turner, Wendy J. 157

Professionalization and Regulation of Medicine 175

7 Making Right Practice? Regulating Surgery and Medicine in Fourteenth-and Fifteenth-Century Bologna / Kira Robison Robison, Kira 177

8 Medical Licensing in Late Medieval Portugal / Iona McCleery McCleery, Iona 196

9 Dreaming of Valencia's Social Order in Jaume Roig's Espill / Jean Dangler Dangler, Jean 220

10 Portrait of a Surgeon in Fifteenth-Century England / Sara M. Butler Butler, Sara M. 243

Medicine and the Law in Hagiography 267

11 An Infirm Man: Reading Francis of Assisi's Retirement in the Context of Canon Law / Donna Trembinski Trembinski, Donna 269

12 Medicine and Miracle: Law Enforcement in the Lives of Irish Saints / Máire Johnson Johnson, Máire 288.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-368) and index.

ISBN:

9789004269064

9004269061

OCLC:

866563791