Bodily and spiritual hygiene in medieval and early modern literature : explorations of textual presentations of filth and water

• Main Author: Classen, Albrecht
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin De Gruyter 2017; Walter de Gruyter GmbH
• Edition: 1
• Series: Fundamentals of Medieval and Early Modern Culture
• Subjects: Bathing customs > Europe > History > Sources; Europe; Europe > Social conditions > To 1492 > Sources; Europe > Social life and customs > Sources; HISTORY / Medieval; History of Hygiene and Baths; History of Medicine; Hygiene > Europe > History > Sources; Hygiene in literature; Literature, Medieval > History and criticism; Literature, Modern > History and criticism; Pre-modern Health Care; Public health > Europe > History > Sources; Social aspects; Sources; Spirituality; Spirituality > Social aspects > Europe > History > Sources; Spirituality > Social aspects > Europe > Sources; Water > Social aspects > Europe > History > Sources; History of Medicine; History of Hygiene and Baths; Pre-modern Health Care
• ISBN: 9783110523294; 3110523299
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110523799

The aim of this English-language series on medieval studies is to establish a methodical, discerning connection between text analysis and cultural history.  The series addresses the fundamental cultural themes of the medieval world from the perspective of literary studies and the humanities. These fundamental themes are the culture-formative conceptualizations, world views, social structures and everyday conditions of medieval life, namely, childhood and old age, sexuality, religion, medicine, rituals, work, poverty and wealth, superstition, earth and cosmos, city and country, war, emotions, communication, travel etc. Fundamentals of Medieval Culture  pursues important current discussions in the field and provides a forum for interdisciplinary medieval research. The series is open to anthologies as well as monographs. The aim of the series is to present compendium-like works on the central topics of medieval cultural history that provide a sound overview of a limited subject area from the perspective of various disciplines. On the whole, the series thus presents an encyclopedia of medieval literary and cultural history and its main topics.