IMC 2004: Sessions

Session 708: The Perfect Human and his Body: Clashes of Discourses

Organiser:	Karine van 't Land, Afdeling Geschiedenis, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen / Bartholomeus Society
Moderator/Chair:	Dirk-Jan Dekker, Afdeling Geschiedenis, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Paper 708-a	Role Models in Medieval Treatises on Virtues (Language: English) Albrecht Diem, Change of affiliation Index terms: Religious Life
Paper 708-b	Ideal Bodies in the Middle English Romances (Language: English) Geert van Iersel, Utrecht Centre for Medieval Studies, Universiteit Utrecht Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English
Paper 708-c	The Perfect Body in Late Medieval Medicine (Language: English) Karine van 't Land, Afdeling Geschiedenis, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen / Bartholomeus Society Index terms: Medicine
Abstract	In the Middle Ages, different discourses defined the best human being and his body in totally different ways. The speakers of this session will clarify the best human as envisaged in the discourses of medicine, of romances, and of treatises on virtues, respectively. They will also describe some of the intricate relationships between the body and the identity of the best human. Their results will be confronted in a final commentary, drawn up by moderator Dirk-Jan Dekker and by organiser Karine van 't Land. After finishing our own commentary, we expect a lively discussion to take place.