000 04880nam a22005293i 4500
001 EBC5575113
003 MiAaPQ
005 20240122001128.0
006 m o d |
007 cr cnu||||||||
008 231124s2016 xx o ||||0 eng d
020 _a9781137544391
_q(electronic bk.)
035 _a(MiAaPQ)EBC5575113
035 _a(Au-PeEL)EBL5575113
035 _a(OCoLC)969639928
040 _aMiAaPQ
_beng
_erda
_epn
_cMiAaPQ
_dMiAaPQ
050 4 _aPN661-694
082 0 _a362.4/094
100 1 _aSkinner, Patricia.
245 1 0 _aLiving with Disfigurement in Early Medieval Europe.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bPalgrave Macmillan,
_c2016.
264 4 _c�2017.
300 _a1 online resource (286 pages)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aThe New Middle Ages Series
505 0 _aIntro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Writing and Reading About Medieval Disfigurement -- Congenital vs. Acquired Conditions -- Sources and Resources -- Law Codes -- Chronicles and Annals -- Hagiographic Texts -- Medical Texts -- Archaeological Evidence -- Iconography -- Approaches to Disfigurement -- Notes -- Chapter 2: The Face, Honor and "Face" -- What Is a Face? -- Surface and Depth -- Honor and "Face" -- Case Study: The Celtic World -- Modeling "Face" as an Element of Elite Male Authority -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Disfigurement, Authority and the Law -- Laws and Injuries -- Mutilation as Punishment - and Redemption? -- Case Study: Byzantine Disfigurements -- Popes, Saints and Mutilation -- Rhetoric to Reality-and Back -- What Happened Next: Disfigurement in the Courts -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Stigma and Disfigurement: Putting on a Brave Face? -- Concealability: Can the Stigma Be Hidden? -- Course: Could the Stigmatizing Condition Be Changed Over Time? -- Disruptiveness: Does the Stigmatizing Condition Disturb Social Interactions? -- Aesthetics: Is the Condition Viewed as Repellent or Ugly? -- Origin: Can the Stigmatizing Condition Be Blamed on the Person Himself or Herself? -- Peril: Does the Stigma Represent Danger to Other Individuals or the Community? -- Messages in a Marked Face -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Defacing Women: The Gendering of Disfigurement -- Women "Protected" -- Women Defaced -- Defacing Women -- Women, Honor and Face -- Behind Closed Doors -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Ways of Seeing: Staring at and Representing Disfigurement -- Case Study: Byzantine Staring -- Depicting Disfigurement: Iconographic Challenges. -- Seeing, Looking and Selfhood -- Notes -- Chapter 7: Paths to Rehabilitation? The Possibilities of Treatment -- Looking for Early Medieval Surgery: A Needle in a Haystack?.
505 8 _aHealing in Action? -- Medical Language -- Case Study: Serious Head Injury in Battle -- Blinding, Disfigurement and Aftercare: Living with a Changed Face -- Notes -- Chapter 8: Conclusion: Taking the Long View on Medieval Disfigurement -- Notes -- Appendix 1: Narrative and Archaeological Evidence for Disfigurement -- Appendix 2: Disfigurement in Early Medieval Lawcodes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- England/Wales/Ireland/Scotland -- France/Germany/Low Countries -- Italy -- Iberia/North Africa -- Byzantium, the Balkans and Eastern Europe -- Eastern Mediterranean -- Secondary Works -- Index.
520 _aEPUB.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aDisfigured persons--Europe--History--To 1500.
650 0 _aDisfigured persons--Europe--Social conditions--To 1500.
650 0 _aFace--Wounds and injuries--Europe--History--To 1500.
650 0 _aHead--Wounds and injuries--Europe--History--To 1500.
650 0 _aWounds and Injuries--history.
650 0 _aFacial Injuries--history.
650 0 _aFace--abnormalities.
650 0 _aCraniofacial Abnormalities--history.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aSkinner, Patricia
_tLiving with Disfigurement in Early Medieval Europe
_dNew York : Palgrave Macmillan,c2016
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 4 _aThe New Middle Ages Series
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=5575113
_zClick to View
999 _c304882
_d304882