IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 1336: Approaches to Miracle Narratives, II: Miracles and Medicine
Wednesday 8 July 2015, 16.30-18.00
Sponsor: | Hagiography Society |
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Organiser: | Anne E. Bailey, Faculty of History, University of Oxford |
Moderator/Chair: | Sari Katajala-Peltomaa, School of Social Sciences & Humanities, University of Tampere |
Paper 1336-a | Work and Relics: The Socio-Economic Value of Being Healed (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Lay Piety, Medicine |
Paper 1336-b | Toothache Miracles in Medieval England (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Lay Piety, Medicine |
Paper 1336-c | 'Amentiam Quadam Percussam': Cognitive Impairment and Medical Diagnosis in Miracle Stories, 1275-1500 (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Lay Piety, Medicine |
Abstract | This session investigates three different manifestations of sickness and disability reported at saints’ shrines in medieval Europe. Focusing on lameness, toothache, and neurocognitive impairment respectively, the papers discuss how the religious discourse of sickness and cure acquired specific social, devotional, and medical significance in miracle stories produced in the medieval West. |