Images of Leprosy: Disease, Religion, and Politics in European Art

by Christine M. Boeckl

From biblical times to the onset of the Black Death in the fourteenth century, leprosy was considered the worst human affliction, both medically and socially. Only fifty years ago, leprosy, or... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1935503154
• ISBN13: 9781935503156
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"