This important book analyzes the role of filth as the material counterpart of sin in medieval thought. Taking in a range of theology, historical documents, and literature from Augustine to Chaucer, this study forms a substantial new contribution to the history of the body.
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 2012-01-31
Language: English
Number of Pages: 266
Edition: 1
Series: Routledge Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture
Tracing development of scientific sociology from Comte onwards, this book provides a narrative history of figures, ideas, and schools that lie behind ..