Wounds in the Middle Ages

Wounds were a potent signifier reaching across all aspects of life in Europe in the middle ages, and their representations, perception and treatment is the focus of this volume. Following a survey of the history of medical wound treatment in the middle ages, paired chapters explore key themes situating wounds within the contexts of religious belief, writing on medicine, status and identity, and surgical practice. The final chapter reviews the history of medieval wounding through the modern imagination.