A review by olosta
Medieval Bodies: Life, Death and Art in the Middle Ages by Jack Hartnell

3.0

Very interesting topic, but I didn't like the authors approach much. He often strays so far away from the central subject, i.e. the body, that it gets buried under miscellaneous facts only marginally relating to the body.

An example: in the chapter about Feet, a large portion of the text talks about travelling and maps. I would've preffered the author to write more about the actual body part, feet, and how they were positioned in the medieval understanding of the body.