Medical texts in Anglo-Saxon literary culture /

An examination of the extant pre-Conquest medical material, arguing that the texts are products of a sophisticated intellectual culture.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kesling, Emily, 1989- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer is an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd, [2020].
Temas:
To 1500
Civilization, Anglo-Saxon.
Medicine > Great Britain > History > To 1500 > Sources.
Medicine, Medieval.
History, Medieval
Civilisation anglo-saxonne.
Médecine > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1500 > Sources.
Médecine médiévale.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
Medicine.
Great Britain.
History.
Sources.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontcover
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1 Bald's Leechbook: A Medical Compendium
  • 2 Elves, the Demonic, and Leechbook III
  • 3 The Lacnunga and Insular Grammatica
  • 4 The Old English Herbarium and the Monastic Reform
  • 5 Medicine in Anglo-Saxon England
  • Appendices: Extended Quotations
  • A. Bald's Leechbook and its Latin Source Material
  • B. Parallel Passages in the Lacnunga and MS CCCC 41
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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