Medieval Blood

Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages

by Bettina Bildhauer

Medieval Blood is the first interdisciplinary account of one of the most crucial elements of the medieval blood. Taking blood and bodies seriously, this volume uses cutting-edge theory to propose that blood possesses the ability to shape the body as a distinct identity, transforming it from an unenclosed, diverse, and not unified vessel into a whole distinct from its surroundings—all through various strategies of discourse and investigation, each of which rely “wholeheartedly” on blood.

Genres: History, Academic, Nonfiction

245 pages, Hardcover

First published February 21, 2006

About the author

Professor Bettina M. Bildhauer is a lecturer in German at the University of St. Andrews