The "obese medieval monk" : a multidisciplinary study of a sterotype / Pip Patrick.

• The popular image of monks in medieval England -- Monastic diet in theory and practice -- Obesity-related skeletal pathology -- Reconstructing physique from the human skeleton -- Assemblages and methodologies -- Results : pathology -- Results : physique -- Case control studies : pathology -- Case control studies : physique -- Osteological study : analysis and discussion -- Conclusions -- Appendix 1. Physique proxies -- Appendix 2. Body weight -- Appendix 3. Stature -- Appendix 4. Body mass index.

• The purpose of this study is to explore, through a variety of approaches, the extent to which the stereotype of the "obese medieval monk" is founded in truth. The work aims to determine the "antiquity" of that stereotype, by exploring the image of the monk throughout the medieval period (defined as AD 1066-c.1540), and the contribution of the medieval accusations and criticisms of monks to the evolution of the modern stereotype. Chapters focus on archaeological and historical evidence pertaining to monastic diet, and an osteological study comparing the physique and the prevalence of obesity-related joint disease in medieval monks from London with their secular counterparts. Ultimately, the evidence presented in each chapter is drawn together and considered to give a holistic perspective on the "obese medieval monk." 

Ämnesord

Medeltiden  (sao)

Klosterliv  (sao)

Övervikt  (sao)

Mänskliga kvarlevor  (sao)

Monks  -- Health and hygiene -- England -- London -- History -- To 1500. (LCSH)

Body weight  -- England -- London -- History -- To 1500. (LCSH)

Obesity  -- England -- London -- History -- To 1500. (LCSH)

Osteoarthritis  -- England -- London -- History -- To 1500. (LCSH)

Human remains (Archaeology)  -- England -- London. (LCSH)

Monks  -- England -- London -- History -- To 1500. (LCSH)

Monks  -- England -- History -- To 1500. (LCSH)

Diet  -- England -- History -- To 1500. (LCSH)

Monastic and religious life  -- England -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500. (LCSH)

Monks  -- England -- Public opinion -- History. (LCSH)

Munkar  -- historia (sao)

Munkar  -- attityder till -- historia (sao)

Middle Ages  (LCSH)

Europe--History--476-1492  (LCSH)

Obesity  (LCSH)

Human remains (Archaeology)  (LCSH)

Monastic and religious life  (LCSH)

Saint Mary Merton Site (London, England)  (LCSH)

London (England)  -- Antiquities. (LCSH)

England  -- London (sao)

Institutionsnamn

St Mary Graces (Abbey : London, England)

Bermondsey Abbey (London, England)

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Ckta Ordnar och klosterväsen: romersk-katolska kyrkan

Je.08 Arkeologi: Brittiska öarna (Storbritannien): osteologi

Klassifikation

BX2595.A1 (LCC)

940.1 (DDC)

Ckta (kssb/8)

Je.08 (kssb/8)