{"title":"Jack Hartnell","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to the captivating world of Jack Hartnell, a distinguished author known for his insightful exploration of the human body through the lens of the Middle Ages. Hartnell's works invite readers on a fascinating journey, blending history, art, and science to unravel the intricacies of how the Middle Ages understood the physical form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMedieval Bodies\u003c\/em\u003e, Hartnell takes readers on an enlightening voyage across time, examining how medieval society viewed and interpreted the human body. Through engaging and vivid storytelling, he delves into the lives and practices of surgeons, artists, and philosophers of the era, painting a rich tapestry of medieval life that is both educational and entertaining.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWound Man\u003c\/em\u003e, another captivating piece, continues this exploration with a focus on the multifaceted nature of wounds—physical, symbolic, and metaphorical—in medieval thought and art. Jack Hartnell's work sheds light on the complexities and the underlying humanity of medieval perceptions, offering readers a chance to see the past through a unique and vivid lens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you are a history enthusiast, a military history aficionado, or simply curious about the medieval era, Jack Hartnell's collection provides a compelling and enlightening perspective. His books are a treasure trove of knowledge for anyone eager to explore the depth and richness of historical discourse on the human body.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"medieval-bodies-by-jack-hartnell-9781781256800","title":"Medieval Bodies","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\nDripping with blood and gold, fetishised and tortured, a gateway to earthly delights and a point of contact with the divine, forcibly divided and powerful even beyond death, there was no territory more contested than the body in the medieval world.\n\nIn \u003cem\u003eMedieval Bodies\u003c\/em\u003e, art historian Jack Hartnell uncovers the complex and fascinating ways in which the people of the Middle Ages thought about, explored, and experienced their physical selves. In paintings and reliquaries that celebrated the - sometimes bizarre - martyrdoms of saints, the sacred dimension of the physical left its mark on their environment.\n\nIn literature and politics, hearts and heads became powerful metaphors that shaped governance and society in ways that are still visible today. Doctors and natural philosophers were at the centre of a collision between centuries of sophisticated medical knowledge, and an ignorance of physiology as profound as its results were gruesome.\n\nLike a medieval pageant, this striking and unusual history brings together medicine, art, poetry, music, politics, cultural and social history, and philosophy to reveal what life was really like for the men and women who lived and died in the Middle Ages.\n\n\u003cem\u003eMedieval Bodies\u003c\/em\u003e is published in association with Wellcome Collection.\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46531974562028,"sku":"9781781256800","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/5268623482822.jpg?v=1749297244"},{"product_id":"wound-man-by-jack-hartnell-9780691243481","title":"Wound Man","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Wound Man - a medical diagram depicting a figure fantastically pierced by weapons and ravaged by injuries and diseases - was reproduced widely across the medieval and early modern globe. In this panoramic book, Jack Hartnell charts the emergence and endurance of this striking image, used as a visual guide to the treatment of many ailments. Taking readers on a remarkable journey from medieval Europe to eighteenth-century Japan, Hartnell explains the historic popularity of this gruesome image and why the Wound Man continues to intrigue us today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a wealth of original research, Hartnell traces the many lives of the Wound Man, from its origins in late medieval Bohemia to its vivid reincarnations in hundreds of manuscripts and printed books over more than three hundred years. Transporting readers beyond the specifics of bodily injury, Hartnell demonstrates how the Wound Man's body was at once an encyclopedic repository of surgical knowledge, a fantastic literary and religious muse, a catalyst for shifting media landscapes, and a cross-cultural artistic feat that reached diverse audiences around the world. The Wound Man, we discover, held profound importance not only for healers and patients but also for scribes, students, nuns, monks, printmakers, and poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarvellously illustrated, \u003ci\u003eWound Man\u003c\/i\u003e sheds light on the entwined histories of art and medicine, showing how premodern medical diagrams represent a unique site of contact between sickness, cure, painting, and print.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This book offers a stunning three-hundred-year visual chronicle of surgical technique, procedure, instrumentation, and much else. Jack Hartnell brilliantly employs the remarkably persistent image of the Wound Man to explore learned and vernacular medicine, the fascinating landscape of early print, and increasingly aesthetic illustration practices in crowded book markets as the Wound Man is reproduced and recreated through seventeenth-century Europe and far beyond.' - Pamela H. Smith, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Lived Experience to the Written Word: Reconstructing Practical Knowledge in the Early Modern World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A brilliantly conceived and meticulously executed account of the varied contexts in which Wound Man appeared as a carrier of knowledge and mediator of healing practices. Jack Hartnell seamlessly stitches together medical history, medieval natural philosophy, the history of the book, and the history of the scientific image. Wound Man, the stuff of legends, has finally received a true hero's welcome.' - Mitchell Merback, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerfection's Therapy: An Essay on Albrecht Drer's \"Melencolia I\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47363365830892,"sku":"9780691243481","price":79.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/2421953482434.jpg?v=1772922337"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/jack-hartnell.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}