{"product_id":"walking-corpses-leprosy-in-byzantium-and-the-medieval-west-paperback-softback-9781501770838","title":"Walking Corpses; Leprosy in Byzantium and the Medieval West (Paperback \/ softback) 9781501770838","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWalking Corpses\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLeprosy in Byzantium and the Medieval West\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTimothy S. Miller (Author), John W. Nesbitt (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501770838\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 May 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e282 pages, 5 b\u0026amp;w halftones, 1 map - 5 Halftones, black and white - 1 Maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eA very readable introduction to a fascinating subject and a valuable example of the importance of studying the Byzantine origins of medieval institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e (Church History) \u003cp\u003eThis is a compact, accessible study, which delivers on its promise to bring the insights provided by studies of late antique Greek leprosy to bear on medieval Latin ones.\u003c\/p\u003e (History of Religions) \u003cp\u003eA welcome resource for the teaching of medieval leprosy, a fraught and fascinating topic in undergraduate classrooms. \u003ci\u003eWalking Corpses\u003c\/i\u003e both expands the field of study and shows directions in which this necessary endeavor can be continued.\u003c\/p\u003e (Comitatus)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalking Corpses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Timothy S. Miller and John W. Nesbitt contextualize reactions to leprosy in medieval Western Europe by tracing its history in Late Antique Byzantium, which had been confronting leprosy and its effects for centuries. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntegrating developments in both the Latin West and the Greek East, \u003ci\u003eWalking Corpses\u003c\/i\u003e challenges a number of misperceptions about attitudes toward the disease, including that theologians branded leprosy as punishment for sin (rather, it was seen as a mark of God's favor); that Christian teaching encouraged bans on the afflicted from society (in actuality, it was Germanic customary law); or that leprosariums were prisons (instead, they were centers of care, many of them self-governing). Informed by extensive archival research and recent bioarchaeology, \u003ci\u003eWalking Corpses\u003c\/i\u003e also includes new translations of three Greek texts regarding leprosy, while a new preface to the paperback edition updates the historiography on medieval perceptions and treatments of leprosy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523092017432,"sku":"9781501770838","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/walking-corpses-leprosy-in-byzantium-and-the-medieval-west-paperback-softback-9781501770838","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}