Las enfermerías monásticas: espacios comunitarios de curación en la Plena Edad Media

Despite its great importance during the Middle Ages, the monks infirmary is among the less well known extra-claustral monastic spaces. This paper aims to clarify its functions and rules of procedure, as well as to define the type of patients it sheltered. Additionally, it deals with the study of its...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Abella Villar, Pablo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10256/17794
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/17794
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Monestirs -- Espanya -- Història -- Fins al 1500
Monasteries -- Spain -- History -- To 1500
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Sumario:Despite its great importance during the Middle Ages, the monks infirmary is among the less well known extra-claustral monastic spaces. This paper aims to clarify its functions and rules of procedure, as well as to define the type of patients it sheltered. Additionally, it deals with the study of its management by an infirmary brother and takes into account the role played by the physicians in the treatments accorded to the ill monks. Finally, the article is concerned with certain aspects related to the location of the monks' infirmary within the monastic complex and its architectural features, and seeks to trace the origins of the common solutions that are to be found throughout the European medieval monastic world