Festering Wounds on Heroic Bodies
Depictions of Leprosy and Infection in the riddarasögur and fornaldarsögur
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10736765 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maj-Britt Frenze (Film Independent, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 95 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 481-511 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Scandinavian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0036-5637 • E-ISSN: 2163-8195 |
| Publisher | University of Wisconsin Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.3368/scs.95.4.481 |
| OpenAlex | W4392419921 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 44 |
Leprosy is one of the most common medical conditions to appear in medieval literature, and it has long held symbolic significance in the literary imagination as a disease that set its sufferers apart from society.[1][1] Though “leprosy” as it appeared in medieval texts was likely a variety of
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| Highly cited | No |