Understanding pain in modern society: insights from attitudes to pain in the Medieval Period
Emma G. Paley,
Mark I. Johnson,
Carole A. Paley
Abstract:Historical records provide knowledge about the way people lived in the past. Our perspective is that historical analyses of the Medieval Period provide insights to inform a fuller understanding of pain in the present era. In this article, we appraise critiques of the writings of people living with pain during the mid (high) to late Medieval Period (c. 1,000–1,500 AD) to gain insights into the nature, attitudes, lived experience, and sense-making of pain. In the Medieval Period, pain was understood in terms of … Show more
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