Meg Leja
Biographic Data
| ID | 5693626 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Meg Leja |
| GIVEN NAMES | Meg |
| FAMILY NAME | Leja |
| SIGNATURE | LEJA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Binghamton University |
| ORCID | 0009-0004-2565-936X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Early Medieval Medicine
Thanks to the work of several generations of scholars, there has never been a greater interest in early medieval medicine. Yet the field, which continues to be largely manuscript-based given the sheer number of unedited texts, remains tethered to two now-outdated manuscript catalogues that collectively record 225 Latin manuscripts containing medical writings produced before ca. 1100. The Corpus of Early Medieval Latin Medicine ( CEMLM ) has recen…
Paula S. DeVos. Compound Remedies
Beyond the Body and Back Again
This essay analyzes the mechanics of temporary journeys to the afterlife in Latin texts from the ninth century, the period typically associated with the birth of a medieval visionary genre. Sometimes framed as near-death experiences, sometimes as simple dreams, journeys to an otherworldly landscape were primarily intended as admonitions to the living, but in crossing the boundary between living and dead, the visionary's own soul and body experien…
Embodying the Soul
Abortion in the Early Middle Ages, C.500–900, by Zubin Mistry
This book, a revised version of the author’s doctoral dissertation, examines the evolving discourse concerning abortion—defining, regulating and condemning it—in the early medieval West. Zubin Mistry divides his subject primarily by region and genre, which makes for rather segmented chapters. This structure will help readers who wish to use his book as a guide to the challenges posed by investigating one particular subject in different early medi…
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Abortion in the Early Middle Ages, C.500–900, by Zubin Mistry
This book, a revised version of the author’s doctoral dissertation, examines the evolving discourse concerning abortion—defining, regulating and condemning it—in the early medieval West. Zubin Mistry divides his subject primarily by region and genre, which makes for rather segmented chapters. This structure will help readers who wish to use his book as a guide to the challenges posed by investigating one particular subject in different early medi…
Embodying the Soul
Beyond the Body and Back Again
This essay analyzes the mechanics of temporary journeys to the afterlife in Latin texts from the ninth century, the period typically associated with the birth of a medieval visionary genre. Sometimes framed as near-death experiences, sometimes as simple dreams, journeys to an otherworldly landscape were primarily intended as admonitions to the living, but in crossing the boundary between living and dead, the visionary's own soul and body experien…
Early Medieval Medicine
Thanks to the work of several generations of scholars, there has never been a greater interest in early medieval medicine. Yet the field, which continues to be largely manuscript-based given the sheer number of unedited texts, remains tethered to two now-outdated manuscript catalogues that collectively record 225 Latin manuscripts containing medical writings produced before ca. 1100. The Corpus of Early Medieval Latin Medicine ( CEMLM ) has recen…
Paula S. DeVos. Compound Remedies
Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · Medieval Literature and History (3 works) · Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Middle Ages (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Soul (2 works) · Abortion (1 work)