The Medieval Hospital and Medical Practice

The Medieval Hospital and Medical Practice
Author: Barbara S. Bowers
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2017-05-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1351885731

Using an innovative approach to evidence for the medieval hospital and medical practice, this collection of essays presents new research by leading international scholars in creating a holistic look at the hospital as an environment within a social and intellectual context. The research presented creates insights into practice, medicines, administration, foundation, regulation, patronage, theory, and spirituality. Looking at differing models of hospital administration between 13th century France and Spain, social context is explored. Seen from the perspective of the history of Knights of the Order of Saint Lazarus, and Order of the Temple, hospital and practice have a different emphasis. Extant medieval hospitals at Tonnerre and Winchester become the basis for exploring form and function in relation to health theory (spiritual and non-spiritual) as well as the influence of patronage and social context. In the case of the Ospedale Maggiore in Milan, this line of argument is taken further to demonstrate aspects of the building based on a concept of epidemiology. Evidence for the practice of medicine presented in these essays comes from a variety of sources and approaches such as remedy books, medical texts, recorded practice, and by making parallels with folk medicine. Archaeological evidence indicates both religious and non religious medical intervention while skeletal remains reveal both pathology and evidence of treatment.

Canadiana

Canadiana
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1470
Release: 1980-10
Genre: Canada
ISBN:

History of Archaeology: International Perspectives

History of Archaeology: International Perspectives
Author: Geraldine Delley
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2016-06-23
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1784913987

The present volume gathers the communications of the three sessions organized under the auspices of the Commission ‘History of Archaeology’ at the XVII UISPP World Congress Burgos 2014.

New Advances in the History of Archaeology

New Advances in the History of Archaeology
Author: Sophie A. de Beaune
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2021-09-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 180327073X

This volume presents papers from three sessions organised by the History of Archaeology Scientific Commission at the 18th UISPP World Congress (Paris, June 2018) considering the development of stratigraphical methods in archaeology in many European countries, and interdisciplinary perspectives on the history of archaeology.

The Archaeology of Urban Landscapes

The Archaeology of Urban Landscapes
Author: Alan James Christian Mayne
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2001-12-13
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780521779753

A 2001 investigation of the historical archaeology of urban slums, including eleven case studies.

Leprosy and Charity in Medieval Rouen

Leprosy and Charity in Medieval Rouen
Author: Elma Brenner
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2015
Genre: History
ISBN: 0861933397

An investigation into the effects of leprosy in one of the major towns in medieval France, illuminating urban, religious and medical culture at the time.

The Archaeology of the 11th Century

The Archaeology of the 11th Century
Author: Dawn M Hadley
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2017-02-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1315312921

The Archaeology of the 11th Century explores this formative period of English history and in particular the impact of the Conquest of England by the Normans. The volume examines how the Normans contributed to local culture, religion and society through a range of topics including food culture, funerary practices, the development of castles and their impact, and how both urban and rural life evolved during the eleventh century. Through its nuanced approach to the complex relationships and regional identities which characterized the period, this collection stimulates renewed debate and challenges some of the long-standing myths surrounding the Conquest.

Life-writing in the History of Archaeology

Life-writing in the History of Archaeology
Author: Gabriel Moshenska
Publisher: UCL Press
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2023-07-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1800084501

Life-writing is a vital part of the history of archaeology, and a growing field of scholarship within the discipline. The lives of archaeologists are entangled with histories of museums and collections, developments in science and scholarship, and narratives of nationalism and colonialism into the present. In recent years life-writing has played an important role in the surge of new research in the history of archaeology, including ground-breaking studies of discipline formation, institutionalisation, and social and intellectual networks. Sources such as diaries, wills, film, and the growing body of digital records are powerful tools for highlighting the contributions of hitherto marginalised archaeological lives including many pioneering women, hired labourers and other ‘hidden hands’. This book brings together critical perspectives on life-writing in the history of archaeology from leading figures in the field. These include studies of archive formation and use, the concept of ‘dig-writing’ as a distinctive genre of archaeological creativity, and reviews of new sources for already well-known lives. Several chapters reflect on the experience of life-writing, review the historiography of the field, and assess the intellectual value and significance of life-writing as a genre. Together, they work to problematise underlying assumptions about this genre, foregrounding methodology, social theory, ethics and other practice-focused frameworks in conscious tension with previous practices.