Forensic Medicine and Death Investigation in Medieval England (Paperback)

England has traditionally been understood as a latecomer to the use of forensic medicine in death investigation, lagging nearly two-hundred years behind other European authorities. Using the coroner's inquest as a lens, this book hopes to offer a fresh perspective on the process of death investigation in medieval England. The central premise of this book is that medical practitioners did participate in death investigation - although not in every inquest, or even most, and not necessarily in those investigations where we today would deem their advice most pertinent. The medieval relationship with death and disease, in particular, shaped coroners' and their jurors' understanding of the inquest's medical needs and led them to conclusions that can only be understood in context of the medieval world's holistic approach to health and medicine. Moreover, while the English resisted Southern Europe's penchant for autopsies, at times their findings reveal a solid understanding of internal medicine. By studying cause of death in the coroners' reports, this study sheds new light on subjects such as abortion by assault, bubonic plague, cruentation, epilepsy, insanity, senescence, and unnatural death.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Research in Medieval Studies
Release date:	June 2016
First published:	2015
Authors:	Sara M. Butler
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-22307-3
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Forensic medicine Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
LSN:	1-138-22307-7
Barcode:	9781138223073

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