Sight and Embodiment in the Middle Ages

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Author(s): Suzannah Biernoff (auth.)
Series: The New Middle Ages
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 2002

Language: English
Tags: Ancient History; Social History; Cultural History; European History; History of Medieval Europe; History of Britain and Ireland

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction: Medieval Vision in Perspective....Pages 1-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Flesh....Pages 17-39
The Eye of the Flesh....Pages 41-59
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
Scientific Visions....Pages 63-84
The Optical Body....Pages 85-107
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
The Custody of the Eyes....Pages 111-132
Ocular Communion....Pages 133-164
Back Matter....Pages 165-248