The surgeon in medieval English literature /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Imprint: | New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. |
| Series: | New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
| 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: | 191 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-184) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1403968462 9781403968463 |
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