Sense of Smell in the Middle Ages - A Source of Certainty

Summary

Odors, including those of incense, spices, cooking, and refuse, were both ubiquitous and meaningful in central and late medieval Western Europe. While the senses have received increasing scholarly attention in recent decades this volume presents the first detailed research into the sense of smell in the later European Middle Ages

Product details

• Authors: Katelynn Robinson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.08.2019
• EAN: 9780367000684
• ISBN: 978-0-367-00068-4
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Studies in Medieval History and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; History, HISTORY / General, MEDICAL / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, History of Medicine, CE period up to c 1500, Archaeology, History and Archaeology, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE