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The spectacle of the wounded body figured prominently in the Middle Ages, from images of Christ's wounds on the cross, to the ripped and torn bodies of tortured saints who miraculously heal through divine intervention, to graphic accounts of battlefield and tournament wounds - evidence of which survives in the archaeological record - and literary episodes of fatal (or not so fatal) wounds. This volume offers a comprehensive look at the complexity of wounding and wound repair in medieval literature and culture, bringing together essays from a wide range of sources and disciplines including arms and armaments, military history, medical history, literature, art history, hagiography, and archaeology across medieval and early modern Europe.

Wound healing --- Cicatrisation --- First Aid --- Military Medicine --- Amputation --- Histoire militaire médiévale --- treating [health care function] --- injury [medical condition] --- Wounds and injuries --- Military history, Medieval --- Treatment. --- Medieval military history --- Medieval [European] --- iconography --- Iconography --- History of civilization --- Orthopaedics. Traumatology. Plastic surgery --- anno 500-1499 --- Wounds and Injuries --- General Surgery --- War --- Violence --- Leprosy --- Blindness --- Military history, Medieval. --- history. --- Lésions et blessures --- Histoire militaire --- Thérapeutique --- Medicine, Medieval --- Médecine médiévale --- Lésions et blessures --- History --- Bibliography. --- Histoire --- Traitement --- Bibliographie --- therapy. --- Thérapeutique. --- History. --- medieval culture --- middle ages --- wound repair --- wounded body --- wounding --- medieval literature --- Early Middle Ages --- Hanover --- London --- Monumenta Germaniae Historica --- Skull --- cultuurgeschiedenis