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Darrera modificació: 2013-03-14
Bases de dades: Sciència.cat
McDonough, Susan A., Witnesses, Neighbors, and Community in Late Medieval Marseille, Nova York - Londres, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013, 252 pp.
- Resum
- In late medieval Marseille, large segments of society showed up in court - fishmongers, sailors, widows, maids, petty lenders, Jews, and Christians - where they argued, cursed, charged, and counter-charged. In the process, they pushed aside Roman and municipal laws to construct their own vernacular code of morality. Witnesses, Neighbors, and Community in Late Medieval Marseille asks how, in a time of crisis, medieval citizens developed an independent sense of ethics based on the needs of their families, neighbors, and clients. Witness testimony from Marseille's court records forms the documentary heart of this book, offering a window onto the dynamics of the city's neighborhoods. Using the role of witness, humble people, often women, became the arbiters of their communities. The third chapter makes an argument about how the provision of care for the sick and dying is gendered and classed in a late medieval port city. Throughout my work, I make the argument that medical concerns are part and parcel of daily life for medieval people.
Contents:
* Introduction
* 1: The Political, Legal, and Moral Landscape
* 2: The Record, the Restrictions, and the Roles of Witnesses
* 3: All in the Family: Wealth and Poverty, Grief and Inheritance
* 4: The Law, The Neighbors, And the Mad: Conflicts over Managing Disorder
* 5: In the Wake of Violence: Witnesses Rebuilding their Communities
* Conclusion
- Matèries
- Dret - Processos
Història de la medicina
Dones
Filosofia moral - Ètica
- Notes
- Fitxa de l'editor: http://us.macmillan.com/witnessesneighborsandcommun ...
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