Trauma in medieval society /

This is an edited collection of articles from a variety of scholars on the history of trauma and the traumatized in medieval Europe. Looking at trauma as a theoretical concept, as part of the literary and historical lives of medieval individuals and communities, this volume brings together scholars...

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Other Authors: Lee, Christina (Editor), Lee, Christina, 1967- (Editor), Turner, Wendy J (Wendy Jo), 1961- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
Series:Explorations in Medieval Culture ; v. 7
Explorations in medieval culture ; v. 7
Explorations in medieval culture v. 7
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1
  • Introduction to the Theory of Trauma for the Middle Ages
  • 1. Conceptualizing Trauma for the Middle Ages; Wendy J. Turner and Christina Lee
  • 2. Trauma as a Category of Analysis; Donna Trembinski
  • Part 2
  • Trauma from Injury
  • 3. Neuroendocrinology and the Traumatized Self in the Letters of Abélard and Héloïse; Ronald J. Ganze
  • 4. Broken Bones: Trauma Analysis on a Medieval Population from Poulton, Cheshire
  • 5. Looking for Burn Victims or Survivors in Medieval Europe ; Patricia Skinner
  • 6. Power and Trauma in the 'Maid of Arras', Cantigas de Santa María
  • 7; The Leper and the Prostitute: Forensic Examination of Rape in Medieval England ; Wendy J. Turner
  • Part 3
  • Religion and Trauma
  • 8. Anti-Jewish Violence and the Pastoureaux: The Case for Medieval Trauma; Susan L. Einbinder
  • 9. Surviving Amputations: A Case of a Late-Medieval Femoral Amputation in the Rural Community of Moorsel (Belgium) Marit Van Cant
  • 10. The Trauma of Pain in Later Medieval Miracle Accounts; Bianca Frohne and Jenni Kuuliala
  • 11. Pain, Trauma, and the Miraculous in the Liber miraculorum sancta Fidis; Kate McGrath
  • Part 4
  • Narratives of Trauma
  • 12. Healing Words: St Guthlac and the Trauma of War; Christina Lee
  • 13. Narratives of Trauma in Medieval German Literature ; Sonja Kerth
  • Chapter 14
  • Creation and Union through Death and Massacre: the Crusade of Nicopolis and Philippe de Mézières' Epistre lamentable et consolatoire ; Charles-Louis Morand Métivier
  • 15. Apocalyptic Disease and the Seventh-Century Plague; Sally Shockro
  • Chapter 16; Royal Trauma and Traumatized Subjects in Late Medieval England and France; Helen Hickey; Afterword; Bibliography; Index
  • note: pt. 1 Introduction to the Theory of Trauma for the Middle Ages
  • 1 Conceptualizing Trauma for the Middle Ages / Christina Lee
  • 2. Trauma as a Category of Analysis / Donna Trembinski
  • pt. 2 Trauma from Injury
  • 3. Neuroendocrinology and the Traumatized Self in the Letters of Abelard and Heloise / Ronald J. Ganze
  • 4. Broken Bones: Trauma Analysis on a Medieval Population from Poulton, Cheshire / James C. Ohman
  • 5. Looking for Burn Victims or Survivors in Medieval Europe / Patricia Skinner
  • 6. Power and Trauma in the `Maid of Arras', Cantigas de Santa Maria / Belle S. Tuten
  • 7. Leper and the Prostitute: Forensic Examination of Rape in Medieval England / Wendy J. Turner
  • pt. 3 Religion and Trauma
  • 8. Anti-Jewish Violence and the Pastoureaux: The Case for Medieval Trauma; followed by a translation of `I will tell what befell me' by Solomon b. Yosef of Avalon / Susan L. Einbinder
  • 9. Surviving Amputations: A Case of a Late-Medieval Femoral Amputation in the Rural Community of Moorsel (Belgium) / Marit Van Cant
  • 10. Trauma of Pain in Later Medieval Miracle Accounts / Jenni Kuuliala
  • 11. Pain, Trauma, and the Miraculous in the Liber miraculorum sancta Fidis / Kate McGrath
  • pt. 4 Narratives of Trauma
  • 12. Healing Words: St Guthlac and the Trauma of War / Christina Lee
  • 13. Narratives of Trauma in Medieval German Literature / Sonja Kerth
  • 14. Creation and Union through Death and Massacre: the Crusade of Nicopolis and Philippe de Mezieres' Epistre lamentable et consolatoire / Charles-Louis Morand Metivier
  • 15. Apocalyptic Disease and the Seventh-Century Plague / Sally Shockro
  • 16. Royal Trauma and Traumatized Subjects in Late Medieval England and France / Helen Hickey.
  • Part 1 Introduction to the Theory of Trauma for the Middle Ages
  • 1 Conceptualizing Trauma for the Middle Ages p. 3 / Wendy J. Turner and Christina Lee
  • 2 Trauma as a Category of Analysis p. 13 / Donna Trembinski
  • Part 2 Trauma from Injury
  • 3 Neuroendocrinology and the Traumatized Self in the Letters of Abélard and Héloïse p. 35 / Ronald J. Ganze
  • 4 Broken Bones: Trauma Analysis on a Medieval Population from Poulton, Cheshire p. 71 / Carla L. Burrell and Michael M. Emery and Sara M. Canavan and James C. Ohman
  • 5 Looking for Burn Victims or Survivors in Medieval Europe p. 92 / Patricia Skinner
  • 6 Power and Trauma in the 'Maid of Arras', Cantigas de Santa María p. 105 / Belle S. Tuten
  • 7 The Leper and the Prostitute: Forensic Examination of Rape in Medieval England p. 122 / Wendy J. Turner
  • Part 3 Religion and Trauma
  • 8 Anti-Jewish Violence and the Pastoureaux: The Case for Medieval Trauma; followed by a translation of 'I will tell what befell me' by Solomon b. Yosef of Avalon p. 151 / Susan L. Einbinder
  • 9 Surviving Amputations: A Case of a Late-Medieval Femoral Amputation in the Rural Community of Moorsel (Belgium) p. 180 / Marit Van Cant
  • 10 The Trauma of Pain in Later Medieval Miracle Accounts p. 215 / Bianca Frohne and Jenni Kuuliala
  • 11 Pain, Trauma, and the Miraculous in the Liber miraculorum sancta Fidis p. 237 / Kate McGrath
  • Part 4 Narratives of Trauma
  • 12 Healing Words: St Guthlac and the Trauma of War p. 259 / Christina Lee
  • 13 Narratives of Trauma in Medieval German Literature p. 274 / Sonja Kerth
  • 14 Creation and Union through Death and Massacre: the Crusade of Nicopolis and Philippe de Mézières' Epistre lamentable et consolatoire p. 298 / Charles-Louis Morand Métivier
  • 15 Apocalyptic Disease and the Seventh-Century Plague p. 320 / Sally Shockro
  • 16 Royal Trauma and Traumatized Subjects in Late Medieval England and France p. 341 / Helen Hickey