MEDIEVAL LEPROSY RECONSIDERED

MEDIEVAL LEPROSY RECONSIDERED

This study will first describe what modern medical science has discovered concerning leprosy. It will then review some of the opinions historians have expressed regarding how medieval society viewed leprosy and its victims. Lastly, it will examine primary sources and reinterpret the evidence they pr...

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Veröffentlicht in:International social science review 2006-03, Vol.81 (1/2), p.16-28
Hauptverfasser: Miller, Timothy S., Smith-Savage, Rachel
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Analysis
Christian history
Christianity
Communities
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Health aspects
High Middle Ages
Historical perspectives
Historiography
History
Infectious diseases
Leprosy
Medical historiography
Physicians
Social aspects
Statutory law
Traditional Medicine
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Zusammenfassung:This study will first describe what modern medical science has discovered concerning leprosy. It will then review some of the opinions historians have expressed regarding how medieval society viewed leprosy and its victims. Lastly, it will examine primary sources and reinterpret the evidence they present in the wider context of Christian Society as a whole.
ISSN:0278-2308
2332-0419