Medicine and the law in the Middle Ages / edited by Wendy J. Turner & Sara M. Butler.

Wendy J. Turner, Sara M. Butler

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Abstract

Summary: Medicine and the Law in the Middle Ages offers fresh insight into the intersection between these two distinct disciplines. A dozen authors address this intersection within three themes: medical matters in law and administration of law, professionalization and regulation of medicine, and medicine and law in hagiography. The articles include subjects such as medical expertise at law on assault, pregnancy, rape, homicide, and mental health; legal regulation of medicine; roles physicians and surgeons played in the process of professionalization; canon law regulations governing physical health and ecclesiastical leaders; and connections between saints™ judgments and the bodies of the penitent. Drawing on primary sources from England, France, Frisia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, the volume offers a truly international perspective. Contributors are Sara M. Butler, Joanna Carraway Vitiello, Jean Dangler, Carmel Ferragud, Fiona Harris-Stoertz, Maire Johnson, Hiram K©ơmper, Iona McCleery, Han Nijdam, Kira Robison, Donna Trembinski, Wendy J. Turner, and Katherine D. Watson.
Original languageEnglish (US)
PublisherBrill Academic Publishers
ISBN (Print)9004269118
StatePublished - Jan 1 2014

Keywords

  • Medical jurisprudence -- History
  • Medical laws and legislation
  • Medicine, Medieval -- History
  • Electronic books

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