Publication: Imagen y cultura de la enfermedad en la Europa de la Baja Edad Media
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2016-10-03
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Mi investigación analiza la imagen de la enfermedad en la Europa de la Baja Edad Media a partir del conocimiento de los factores que determinaron y condicionaron su expresión visual en los contextos sociales y culturales en los que se desarrolló. He destacado aquellos discursos que incidieron de forma directa sobre la enfermedad como manifestación real y sobre todo visible, desde un punto de vista biológico, médico, religioso y social. A todo ello he incorporado la repercusión del discurso que la propia imagen estableció con el resto de los contextos culturales de la Europa medieval. Para el desarrollo de esta investigación he utilizado una serie de criterios metodológicos que incluyen enfoques de índole sociológica, como la historia de las mentalidades, la religión y la medicina, no solo como disciplinas de estudio histórico, sino también como expresión de la cultura visual. Todo ello ha enriquecido notablemente la narración, ya que me ha permitido por un lado analizar la imagen como proceso de pensamiento de la sociedad en la que se creó, y por otro considerar la enfermedad dentro de la medicina como ciencia, y el uso que esta hizo de la iconografía patológica. El aparato iconográfico para el análisis de la imagen procede esencialmente de la pintura medieval en cualquier soporte, aunque no he desestimado obras escultóricas, tanto en piedra como en madera, por las características iconográficas relevantes que aportan. Los ámbitos representativos de dichas pinturas están vinculados a los contextos científicos -sobre todo de filosofía natural y medicina-, religiosos y profanos, logrando por lo tanto una visión global y holística de la expresión visual de la enfermedad...
My research analyzes the image of the disease in Europe in the late Middle Ages from knowledge of the factors that determined and conditioned its visual expression in the social and cultural contexts in which it developed. I have highlighted those speeches that impacted directly on the disease as a real manifestation and especially visible, from a biological, medical, religious and social point of view. To all this I have incorporated the impact of discourse than the image itself established with other cultural contexts of medieval Europe. For the development of this research I have used a number of methodological criteria that include approaches to sociological nature, as the history of mentalities, history of religion and history of medicine, not only as subjects of historical study, but also as an expression of visual culture. All of this has greatly enriched the narrative because it allowed me analyze the image as thought process of the society in which it was created, and secondly consider the disease in medicine and science, and the use that sickness did of the pathological iconography. The iconographic apparatus for image analysis comes largely from medieval painting in any medium, although I have not rejected sculptural works, both in stone and wood, because the relevant iconographic features they provide. Representative areas of these paintings are linked to the scientific contexts - especially natural philosophy and medicine - religious and secular, thus achieving a comprehensive and holistic view of the visual expression of the disease. As a result of these proposals I have structured the work into two main groups. In the first chapter of the first block I analyze the disease and its image within the medieval society, both civil and religious, and their responses facing public health problems, case of contagious diseases, providing specific spaces for the sick. In the second chapter I analyze independently the medical discourse about the disease and its use of the image...
My research analyzes the image of the disease in Europe in the late Middle Ages from knowledge of the factors that determined and conditioned its visual expression in the social and cultural contexts in which it developed. I have highlighted those speeches that impacted directly on the disease as a real manifestation and especially visible, from a biological, medical, religious and social point of view. To all this I have incorporated the impact of discourse than the image itself established with other cultural contexts of medieval Europe. For the development of this research I have used a number of methodological criteria that include approaches to sociological nature, as the history of mentalities, history of religion and history of medicine, not only as subjects of historical study, but also as an expression of visual culture. All of this has greatly enriched the narrative because it allowed me analyze the image as thought process of the society in which it was created, and secondly consider the disease in medicine and science, and the use that sickness did of the pathological iconography. The iconographic apparatus for image analysis comes largely from medieval painting in any medium, although I have not rejected sculptural works, both in stone and wood, because the relevant iconographic features they provide. Representative areas of these paintings are linked to the scientific contexts - especially natural philosophy and medicine - religious and secular, thus achieving a comprehensive and holistic view of the visual expression of the disease. As a result of these proposals I have structured the work into two main groups. In the first chapter of the first block I analyze the disease and its image within the medieval society, both civil and religious, and their responses facing public health problems, case of contagious diseases, providing specific spaces for the sick. In the second chapter I analyze independently the medical discourse about the disease and its use of the image...
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Tesis inédita de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Geografía e Historia, leída el 12-01-2016