Sarah Inskip
Pathways to the medieval hospital: collective osteobiographies of poverty and charity
Inskip, Sarah; Cessford, Craig; Dittmar, Jenna; Rose, Alice; Mulder, Bram; O'Connell, Tamsin; Mitchell, Piers D.; Scheib, Christiana; Hui, Ruoyun; Kivisild, Toomas; Price, Mary; Stock, Jay; Robb, John
Authors
Craig Cessford
Jenna Dittmar
Dr Alice Rose alice.rose@durham.ac.uk
Post Doctoral Research Associate
Bram Mulder
Tamsin O'Connell
Piers D. Mitchell
Christiana Scheib
Ruoyun Hui
Toomas Kivisild
Mary Price
Jay Stock
John Robb
Abstract
Medieval hospitals were founded to provide charity, but poverty and infirmity were broad and socially determined categories and little is known about the residents of these institutions and the pathways that led them there. Combining skeletal, isotopic and genetic data, the authors weave a collective biography of individuals buried at the Hospital of St John the Evangelist, Cambridge. By starting with the physical remains, rather than historical expectations, they demonstrate the varied life courses of those who were ultimately buried in the hospital's cemetery, illustrating the diverse faces of medieval poverty and institutional notions of charity. The findings highlight the value of collective osteobiography when reconstructing the social landscapes of the past.
Citation
Inskip, S., Cessford, C., Dittmar, J., Rose, A., Mulder, B., O'Connell, T., …Robb, J. (2023). Pathways to the medieval hospital: collective osteobiographies of poverty and charity. Antiquity, 97(396), 1581-1597. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.167
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | May 15, 2023 |
Online Publication Date | Dec 1, 2023 |
Publication Date | 2023-12 |
Deposit Date | Feb 20, 2024 |
Publicly Available Date | Feb 20, 2024 |
Journal | Antiquity |
Print ISSN | 0003-598X |
Electronic ISSN | 1745-1744 |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 97 |
Issue | 396 |
Pages | 1581-1597 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.167 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2270743 |
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