The Medieval Body by Jack Hartnell Publisher: Guangxi Normal University Press

Introduction
This book is a medieval cultural history about the body. It examines medieval people's cognition of the body from the perspective of the body, one by one, from the head, five senses, skin, bones, heart, blood, hands, abdomen, genitals, feet and other major parts, showing the medieval people's concepts of life and death and daily scenes, interpreting their ways of feeling and thinking about their physical self, and thus reflecting the social concepts and historical culture of the Middle Ages.
The body was an important topic in all aspects of medieval life. On the one hand, it was seen as a whole that operated in harmony with the elements in the body and the environment outside the body, and it was also a place for practicing medical concepts; on the other hand, it had complex and wonderful symbolic meanings. People could gain some common inner experience and identity through the body, or they could fear and hate each other because of their differences. Through this book, we can get a glimpse of how people at that time explored, understood, and imagined the world before the prevalence of scientism.