Medieval Blood (Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages) - Softcover

Bildhauer, Bettina

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0708321976 ISBN 13: 9780708321973

Publisher: University of Wales Press, 2010

Synopsis

Medieval Blood is the first interdisciplinary account of one of the most crucial elements of the medieval imagination: blood. Taking blood and bodies seriously, this volume uses cutting-edge theory to propose that blood possesses the ability to shape the body as a distinct identity, transforming it from an unenclosed, diverse, and not unified vessel into a whole distinct from its surroundings—all through various strategies of discourse and investigation, each of which rely “wholeheartedly” on blood.

About this title

About the Author

Bettina Bildhauer is a lecturer in German at the University of St. Andrews and coeditor of The Monstrous Middle Ages.

Review

Dr Bettina Bildhauer is Lecturer in German at the University of St. Andrews. She co-edited The Monstrous Middle Ages and has published widely on medieval themes, both in English and German.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0708321976
• ISBN 13: 9780708321973
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 224