Medicine and Religion c. 1300: The Case of Arnau de Vilanova (Oxford Historical Monographs) - Hardcover

Ziegler, Joseph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198207263 ISBN 13: 9780198207269

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1998

Synopsis

This book discusses the relationship between religion and medicine around 1300. Joseph Ziegler analyses the spiritual writings of two learned physicians in the light of their medical background and examines the use of medical knowledge for non-medical purposes, and by clerics who did not engage in medical practice.

About this title

About the Author:

Joseph Ziegler is a Lecturer, Department of General History at Haifa University.

Review:

`delicate linguistic analysis, at a level of skill and interest attainable only after saturation in manuscripts and Renaissance editions ... fastidiously avoids snap conclusions about the cultural role of medicine.'
Peregrine Horden, EHR Sept. 00. Vol.115, No.463.

`a scholarly contribution to medical and religious history of the first order, elegantly presented by its publishers.'
Peregrine Horden, EHR Sept. 00. Vol.115, No.463.

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0198207263
• ISBN 13: 9780198207269
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352