@book{8d37283ff2d34de4a498fd4c297a8d09,
title = "Wounds in the Middle Ages",
abstract = "Wounds were a potent signifier reaching across all aspects of life in Europe in the middle ages, and their representations, perception and treatment is the focus of this volume. Following a survey of the history of medical wound treatment in the middle ages, paired chapters explore key themes situating wounds within the contexts of religious belief, writing on medicine, status and identity, and surgical practice. The final chapter reviews the history of medieval wounding through the modern imagination.",
author = "Cordelia Warr and Anne Kirkham and Jon Clasper and Wilson, {Louise Elizabeth} and Land, {Karine Van't} and M.K.K. Yearl and Hannah Priest and Jenny Benham and Ian Naylor and Maria Patijn and Lila Yawn",
note = "The chapters in this book were originally presented at a symposium on 'Wounds in the Middle Ages' held at The John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, in July 2011. The workshop was funded by a grant from the Central Manchester Foundation Trust endowment funds.",
year = "2014",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781409465960",
series = "The History of Medicine in Context",
publisher = "Ashgate Publishing ",
address = "United Kingdom",
}