Walking corpses : leprosy in Byzantium and the medieval West
Timothy S Miller
Bok · Engelsk · 2023
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| Omfang | XXIV, 243 sider : illustrasjoner
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| Utgave | Paperback edition
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| Opplysninger | "First paperback printing 2023 by Cornell University Press.". - 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.. - "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"--
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| ISBN | 9781501770838
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