The Surgeon in Medieval English Literature
Jeremy Citrome employs the language of contemporary psychoanalysis to explain how surgical metaphors became an important tool of ecclesiastical power in the wake of the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215. Pastoral, theological, recreational, and medical writings are among the texts discussed in this wid...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Palgrave Macmillan
2006, 2006
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2006 |
| Series: | The New Middle Ages
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Jeremy Citrome employs the language of contemporary psychoanalysis to explain how surgical metaphors became an important tool of ecclesiastical power in the wake of the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215. Pastoral, theological, recreational, and medical writings are among the texts discussed in this wide-ranging study |
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| Physical Description: | XI, 191 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781137096814 |