The Man Who Crucified Himself - Böhmer, Maria
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The Man Who Crucified Himself is the story of Mattio Lovat's self-crucifixion in Venice in 1805. It shows how the narrative of this sensational medical case was popularised in nineteenth-century Europe and appropriated by readers in debates on madness, suicide and religion.

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The Man Who Crucified Himself is the story of Mattio Lovat's self-crucifixion in Venice in 1805. It shows how the narrative of this sensational medical case was popularised in nineteenth-century Europe and appropriated by readers in debates on madness, suicide and religion.
Autorenporträt
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.