Urban Bodies: Communal Health in Late Medieval English Towns and Cities
- 445 pages
- 16 hours of reading
The idea of English medieval towns and cities as filthy, muddy and insanitary is here overturned in a pioneering new study.
Carole Rawcliffe Books
January 1, 1946
Carole Rawcliffe explores the theory and practice of medicine in medieval England, with a particular focus on hospitals, the intersection of healing and religion, and urban health. She investigates medieval responses to disease, including leprosy. Her current research delves into concepts of health and welfare prior to the Reformation.
Leprosy in Medieval England
- 421 pages
- 15 hours of reading
A major reassessment, based on hitherto unpublished manuscript material, of a disease whose history has attracted more myths and misunderstandings than any other.