Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index

Record Number: 4946
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Title: Through a Glass, Darkly: Recent Work on Sanctity and Society [reviewer emphasizes the importance of three factors in the study of sanctity: self- fashioning of the saint, cultural construction of reality, and the influence of communities]
Source URL: Comparative Studies in Society and History (Full Text via JSTOR) 38, 2 (April 1996): 301-309. Link Info target = '_blank'>Comparative Studies in Society and History (Full Text via JSTOR) 38, 2 (April 1996): 301-309. Link Info
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Article Type: Review Essay
Subject (See Also): Hagiography Historiography
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Abstract: The present paper addresses medieval English depictions in wood and stained glass of the apparently satirical image of the monkey physician examining the urinal. Some images clearly correspond to contemporary concerns about physicians, as expressed in works such as "The Simoine" and Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales." However, I suggest that by drawing upon contemporary discussions concerning the health of the body and the soul, we may perhaps read into these images an important message concerning individual salvation.
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Year of Publication: 1996.
Language: English
ISSN/ISBN: 00104175