Part I. An ever closer union. The soul : "I take you, body, to be my lawful partner" -- The self : "to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse" -- The body : "in sickness and in health, until death do us part" -- Part II. Medicine for the body and soul. Christianizing bodily cures -- A ministry for the medicus -- Part III. Medical order and disorder for self and society. A necessary and timely intervention -- Habits for health
Summary
Embodying the Soul argues that classical medicine was reconfigured as a sacred Christian art across the Carolingian Empire in the ninth century, becoming not simply a method of physical rehabilitation but also a tool of spiritual transformation
