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Walking Corpses : Leprosy in Byzantium and the Medieval West / Timothy S. Miller and John W. Nesbitt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miller, Timothy S., 1945- author.
- Nesbitt, John W., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Leprosy--Hospitals--Byzantine Empire--History--To 1500.
- Leprosy.
- Leprosy--Hospitals--Europe--History--To 1500.
- Leprosy--Byzantine Empire--History--To 1500.
- Leprosy--Europe--History--To 1500.
- Medicine, Medieval.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (276 pages)
- Edition:
- Paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- 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.
- Notes:
- "First paperback printing 2023 by Cornell University Press."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-5017-7084-5
- OCLC:
- 1350798037
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