Walking Corpses : : Leprosy in Byzantium and the Medieval West /

Walking Corpses : : Leprosy in Byzantium and the Medieval West / / John W. Nesbitt, Timothy S. Miller.

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Leprosy has afflicted humans for thousands of years. It wasn't until the twelfth century, however, that the dreaded disease entered the collective psyche of Western society, thanks to a frightening epidemic that ravaged Catholic Europe. The Church responded by constructing charitable institutio...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Miller, Timothy S.,
Nesbitt, John W.,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (264 p.) :; 5 halftones, 1 map
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Ancient World
  • 2. Leprosy in the Byzantine Empire
  • 3. Byzantine Medicine
  • 4. Byzantine Leprosariums
  • 5. Leprosy in the Latin West
  • 6. Leprosariums in the Latin West
  • 7. The Knights of Lazarus
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1. Aretaios of Cappadocia, On Acute and Chronic Diseases (Books IV.13 and VIII.13)
  • Appendix 2. Gregory of Nyssa's Oration, Regarding the Words "As much as you have done for one of these, you have done for me" (Matt. 25:40)
  • Appendix 3. Selection from The Funeral Oration in Praise of Saint John Chrysostom (Chapters 60.17 to 67.1)
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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