The Man Who Crucified Himself [print & e-book]
Brill
978-90-04-38699-0 (ISBN)
The Man Who Crucified Himself is the history of a sensational medical case. In 1805, a shoemaker called Mattio Lovat attempted to crucify himself in Venice. His act caused a big stir - and the story spread all over Europe. Throughout the nineteenth century, Lovat’s case fuelled scientific and popular debates on medicine, madness, suicide and religion. Drawing on Italian, German, English and French sources, Maria Böhmer traces the multiple readings of the case and identifies various communities of interpretation. Her detailed study sheds new light not only on the history of Lovat’s case but also offers a fresh view on case narratives in general - both as an epistemic and literary genre.
Maria Böhmer, Ph.D. (2013), European University Institute Florence, Italy, is postdoctoral research fellow in the history of medicine at the Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine (IBME) at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Preface and Acknowledgments
Note from the Series Editor
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Hellenistic and Roman Terracottas: An Introduction
Giorgos Papantoniou, Demetrios Michaelides and Maria Dikomitou-Eliadou
Part 1: Cyprus
1 Terracottas in a Domestic Context: The Case of the House of Orpheus in Nea Paphos, Cyprus
Giorgos Papantoniou, Demetrios Michaelides and Maria Dikomitou-Eliadou
2 Hellenistic Terracottas and Limestone Sculptures in Cypriot Sanctuaries: On the Search for Types and Votive Habits
Gabriele Koiner and Nicole Reitinger
3 The Terracottas from the Kitian Sanctuary of Artemis Paralia: A Snapshot
Pauline Maillard
4 Terracotta Figurines of Hellenistic Arsinoe and Environs
Eustathios Raptou
5 Hellenistic Terracottas: The Evidence from Ancient Arsinoe
Nancy Serwint
6 About Aphrodite and Eros at Amathous: Terracotta and Sculpture
Isabelle Tassignon
7 Underneath the Veil: Terracotta Figurines from the Amathous Eastern Necropolis
Elisavet Stefani
8 Contemplating Issues of Historical Continuity: The Case of the Figurines from Erimi-Bamboula, Cyprus
Polina Christofi
9 Hellenistic and Roman Terracottas in the Cypriot Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford: Contexts, Iconography, Meaning and Mediterranean Connections
Anja Ulbrich
Part 2: Greece and Asia Minor
10 Theriomorphic Figures in Hellenistic and Roman Arcadia: Nostalgia and Ritual
Erin Walcek Averett
11 Production of Terracotta Figurines in the Hellenistic Period at the Ancient City of Pherai, Thessaly
Argyroula Doulgeri-Intzesiloglou and Polyxeni Arachoviti
12 Some New Insights into the Materials Used for the Decoration of Hellenistic Terracotta Figurines in the Pherai Workshops, Greece
Eleni Asderaki-Tzoumerkioti, Manos Dionyssiou, Argyroula Doulgeri-Intzesiloglou and Polyxeni Arachoviti
13 A Group of Terracotta Ex-Voto Figurines from Amarynthos, Euboea: A Case Study in Sanctuary Deposition Practices
Constantina Benissi
14 Greek Terracotta Dolls: Between the Domestic and the Religious Sphere
Frauke Gutschke
15 Terracotta Veiled Women: A Symbol of Transition from Nymphe to Gyne
Nathalie Martin
16 The Soft Youth in Boeotian Coroplasty
Angele Rosenberg-Dimitracopoulou
17 “Visiting Gods” Revisited. Aphrodite Visiting Artemis, or Bride?
Arthur Muller
18 Aphrodite, Coming of Age and Marriage: Contextualisation and Reconsideration of the Nude Young Women Kneeling in a Shell
Stéphanie Huysecom-Haxhi
19 Terracottas from Pergamon’s Residential Area: Comments regarding Chronology and Relations to Other Sites
Sven Kielau
Part 3: Italy
20 Production and Consumption of Terracottas: A Case Study at Metapontion in Southern Italy
Rebecca Miller Ammerman
21 Coroplastics from the House of Marcus Fabius Rufus in Pompeii: Archaeological Artefacts from a Sacred Place
Alessandro Russo
22 Clay Togati (Men Wearing a Tunic and Holding a Scroll) from Harbour and River Towns: Some Hypotheses Regarding Their Occurrence and Meaning
Elena Martelli
Part 4: North Africa
23 Sacred and Funeral Terracotta Figurines in Africa Proconsularis, Numidia and Mauretania Caesariensis between the First and Third Centuries CE
Solenn de Larminat
24 Female Figurines in Roman Karanis: An Agentive Approach
Lara Weiss
Part 5: The Levant and Mesopotamia
25 From Alexandria to Tyros: The Egyptian Character of the Hellenistic Figurines from Kharayeb
Marianna Castiglione
26 Toward a Levantine Koine: Ties between Hellenistic Terracottas from Coele Syria and Cyprus
Adi Erlich
27 The Case of the Persian Riders at Seleucid Jebel Khalid on the Euphrates: The Survival of Syrian Tradition in a Greek Settlement
Heather Jackson
28 A Look from the Outside: Mediterranean Influences on the Terracotta Figurines from Seleucia on the Tigris
Roberta Menegazzi
29 The Plaster Figurines of Khirbet es-Samrā Cemetery in Jordan
Abdalla Nabulsi
General Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.9.2019 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Clio Medica ; 97 |
| Verlagsort | Leiden |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 1 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin | |
| ISBN-10 | 90-04-38699-8 / 9004386998 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-04-38699-0 / 9789004386990 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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