![]() The chapter on the heart discusses biological theories, mentioning that this organ was seen as a "glowing internal sun''. It shows it is a mistake for people today to characterise medieval times as just an age of darkness, squalor and misery, ravaged by plague, famine and war. Subtitled Life, Death and Art in the Middle Ages, it is a fascinating study, copiously illustrated. He triumphed with the decision to investigate the medieval world using a skeleton model of the human body, 10 chapters labelled from "Head'' down to "Feet''. ![]() Lecturer in art history at England's University of East Anglia, Jack Hartnell took on a daunting task in his brave effort to define what the world was like for humans 1000 years ago in Europe and the Middle East. ![]() Geoff Adams reviews Jack Hartnell's Medieval Bodies, published by Profile Books. ![]()
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