Description: Using an innovative approach to evidence for the medieval hospital and medical practice, this collection of essays presents new research by leading international scholars in creating a holistic look at the hospital as an environment within a social and intellectual context.
Review Quotes: 'This multi-disciplinary collection of essays showcases the variety, and wealth, of scholarship that has emerged in recent decades on medieval medicine and healing. Its major strength is its breadth. ... Many essays centre on English material, but the collection has a welcome geographical sweep, including works on France, Spain, Italy and the Latin East that often provide good introductions to scholarship in these areas and languages.' English Historical Review 'This is a valuable piece of interdisciplinary research for anyone interested not just in the medieval hospital but also in the way that research is carried out.' Historians of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland 'With a number of excellent essays to recommend it, and two useful contributions on sources from the archaeologists, William White and Geoff Egan, this collection constitutes a welcome addition to the growing body of publications on medieval medical history... Barbara Bowers deserves our thanks for bringing these papers together.' Medical History 'The AVISTA series was created to draw attention to medieval technology, science and art in the broadest meaning of the words, and to examine their interactions. The [volume] under review succeed in fulfilling their organisers' aims.' Metascience