Medieval Blood

by Bettina Bildhauer

Book Overview

Medieval Blood is the first interdisciplinary account of one of the most crucial elements of the medieval imagination: blood. Taking blood and bodies seriously, this volume uses cutting-edge theory to propose that blood possesses the ability to shape the body as a distinct identity, transforming it from an unenclosed, diverse, and not unified vessel into a whole distinct from its surroundings--all through various strategies of discourse...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0708321976
• ISBN13: 9780708321973
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"