And doctors and natural philosophers were at the centre of a collision between centuries of sophisticated medical knowledge, and an ignorance of physiology as profound as its results were gruesome. In literature and politics, hearts and heads became powerful metaphors that shaped governance and society in ways that are still visible today. First published by Profile Books in partnership with Wellcome Collection in the UK in 2018 under the title Medieval Bodies: Life, Death and Art in the Middle. In paintings and reliquaries that celebrated the - sometimes bizarre - martyrdoms of saints, the sacred dimension of the physical left its mark on their environment. Medieval Bodies: Life, Death and Art in the Middle Ages Hardcover 1 June 2018 by Jack Hartnell (Author) 207 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 13.72 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover from 207.00 4 Used from 207.00 Paperback 20.50 15 New from 20. In Medieval Bodies, art historian Jack Hartnell uncovers the complex and fascinating ways in which the people of the Middle Ages thought about, explored and experienced their physical selves. This book is an introduction to the medicine and art of the medieval body. Summary: Dripping with blood and gold, fetishized and tortured, gateway to earthly delights and point of contact with the divine, forcibly divided and powerful even beyond death, there was no territory more contested than the body in the medieval world.
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