Acts of Care : Recovering Women in Late Medieval Health /

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"Brings together the histories of European medicine, gender, and Christianity to re-embed women's participation in medieval healthcare. Using devotional manuscripts, hagiographical texts, liturgy, poetry, and medical treatises, it reveals the healthcare knowledge and caregiving practices o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ritchey, Sara Margaret (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women healers, Medieval.
Medical care > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Medical care.
Medical care > History > To 1500.
Women healers, Medieval > Benelux countries.
Benelux countries.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Brings together the histories of European medicine, gender, and Christianity to re-embed women's participation in medieval healthcare. Using devotional manuscripts, hagiographical texts, liturgy, poetry, and medical treatises, it reveals the healthcare knowledge and caregiving practices of Cistercian nuns and beguines in the late medieval Lowlands"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (330 pages): illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ;
ISBN:9781501753541
Acceso:Open Access

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