Brian Burfield: Medieval Military Medicine

Cover: 9781526754745 | Medieval Military Medicine | From the Vikings to the High Middle Ages

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Soldiers of the Middle Ages faced razor-sharp swords and axes that could slice through flesh with gruesome ease, while spears and arrows were made to puncture both armor and the wearer, and even more sinister means of causing harm produced burns and crush injuries. These casualties of war during the 500-year period between the ninth and thirteenth centuries in Northern and Western Europe are the focus of Brian Burfield's study, but they represent just a portion of the story - disease, disability, disfigurement, damaged minds all played their roles in this awful reality.

Surgical methods are described in the book, as are the fixes for fractured skulls, broken bones and damaged teeth. Disfiguring scars and disabling injuries are examined alongside the contemporary attitudes towards them. Also investigated are illnesses like dysentery and St Anthony's Fire, plus infected wounds which were often more deadly than the weapons of the age. A final chapter on the psychological trauma caused by war is included and contains a significant focus on the world of the Vikings.

Brian Burfield's account features many individual cases, extracting their stories of wounds, sickness and death from chronicles, miracle collections, surgeries, government records and other documents. The prose, poetry and literature of the period are also of great value in bringing these cases to life, as is the evidence provided by modern archaeological and historical scholarship.

Über den Autor

Brian Burfield has made a special study of wounds, disease and death in medieval warfare, focusing on the medical and surgical procedures developed during the period. He has published many articles on aspects of the subject in History Today, Ancient Warfare and Medieval Warfare.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2022
Fachbereich:	Allgemeine Lexika
Genre:	Importe , Medizin
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Buch
ISBN-13:	9781526754745
ISBN-10:	1526754746
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Burfield, Brian
Hersteller:	Pen & Sword Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	237 x 158 x 28 mm
Von/Mit:	Brian Burfield
Erscheinungsdatum:	22.03.2022
Gewicht:	0,518 kg