IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 1204: Religion and Medicine, I: Contexts for Religion and Medicine
Wednesday 9 July 2014, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Exeter |
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Organiser: | Catherine Rider, Department of History, University of Exeter |
Moderator/Chair: | Sethina Watson, Department of History, University of York |
Paper 1204-a | The Bled, the Fed, the Bedridden, and the Dead: Inhabitants of the Monastic Infirmary and Their Experience of Monastic Healthcare (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Medicine, Monasticism |
Paper 1204-b | Care and Commemoration at the Savoy Hospital in the Early 16th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Medicine, Religious Life |
Paper 1204-c | Exploring the Network of Care within the Norman Kingdom of Sicily (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Medicine |
Abstract | The interaction between religion and medicine in the Middle Ages has attracted the interest increasing numbers of scholars over the last few decades. This session focuses on the differing contexts in which religion and medicine interacted, with papers on two institutional contexts - hospitals and monasteries (the latter of which have been surprisingly under-studied) and one geographical one, the kingdom of Sicily. It will examine how the interaction between religious and medical ideas and practices varied in these different settings, as well as looking at some of the religious assumptions that underlay healthcare provision in these different institutions. |