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The Incorruptible Flesh - Bodily Mutation and Mortification in Religion and Folklore (Paperback)
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The Incorruptible Flesh - Bodily Mutation and Mortification in Religion and Folklore (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture
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What significance did the body have for the obsessively religious,
superstitious, yet materially bound minds of the pre-industrial
age? The human body was a constant prey to disease, plague,
unhealthy living conditions, the evil effects of druggery and
nutritional deficiency, yet the saints seemed to testify to the
existence of life beyond this, to a tangible Garden of Eden where
all suffering was reversed. The right to entry to this haven was
also seen in corporeal terms. The practice of abstemiousness,
self-inflicted torture, even the courting of humiliation could
trigger visions of beatitude, of the longed-for paradise. In this
extraordinary and often astounding book, Professor Camporesi traces
these experiences back to various documents across the centuries
and explores the juxtaposition of medicine and sorcery, cookery and
surgery, pharmacy and alchemy. He opens the window on a fascinating
and colourful, if at times violent, world: of levitating and
gyrating saints, gardens full of candied fruits and crystalline
fountains, amazing exorcisms and arcane medical practices.
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