{"product_id":"walking-corpses-9781501770838","title":"Walking Corpses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalking Corpses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Timothy S. Miller and John W. Nesbitt contextualize reactions to leprosy in medieval Western Europe by tracing its history in Late Antique Byzantium, which had been confronting leprosy and its effects for centuries. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntegrating developments in both the Latin West and the Greek East, \u003ci\u003eWalking Corpses\u003c\/i\u003e challenges a number of misperceptions about attitudes toward the disease, including that theologians branded leprosy as punishment for sin (rather, it was seen as a mark of God's favor); that Christian teaching encouraged bans on the afflicted from society (in actuality, it was Germanic customary law); or that leprosariums were prisons (instead, they were centers of care, many of them self-governing). Informed by extensive archival research and recent bioarchaeology, \u003ci\u003eWalking Corpses\u003c\/i\u003e also includes new translations of three Greek texts regarding leprosy, while a new preface to the paperback edition updates the historiography on medieval perceptions and treatments of leprosy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15841253\"\u003eTimothy S. Miller\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15873185\"\u003eJohn W. Nesbitt\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.64d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501770838\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501770837\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-MED\"\u003eMedical\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-MED062000\"\u003eOncology | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS037010\"\u003eEurope | Medieval\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-MED\"\u003eMedical\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-MED039000\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTimothy S. Miller is Professor Emeritus of History at Salisbury University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Birth of the Hospital in the Byzantine Empire\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e The Orphans of Byzantium\u003c\/i\u003e. John W. Nesbitt has retired as Research Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks. He is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Miracles of St. Artemios\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eByzantine Authors\u003c\/i\u003e. Miller and Nesbitt are coeditors of \u003ci\u003ePeace and War in the Byzantium\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44691438797037,"sku":"9781501770838","price":49.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_ad712dc8-f0ca-4b2f-9c3b-42a2f2099d3d.jpg?v=1703727565","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/walking-corpses-9781501770838","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}