Editorial: Oxford University Press
Colección: Oxford Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture
Número de páginas: 272 págs. 15.0 x 23.0 cm
Fecha de edición: 22-12-2022
EAN: 9780192859228
ISBN: 978-0-19-285922-8
Precio (sin IVA): 86,92 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 90,40 €
This book explores the intersection between medicine and literature in medieval Iberian literature and culture. Its overarching argument is that thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Iberian authors revalorized the interconnection between the body, the mind, and the soul in light of the evolving epistemology of medicine. Prior to the reintroduction of classical medical treatises through Arab authors into European cultures, mental disorders and bodily diseases were primarily attributed to moral corruption, demonic influence, and superstition. The introduction of novel regimens of health as well as treatises on melancholia into academic institutions and into the cultural landscape provided the tools for newly minted authors to understand that psychosomatic illnesses stemmed from malfunctions of the body's biochemical composition.