Acts of Care : Recovering Women in Late Medieval Health /

"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 Cisterci...

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Glavni avtor: Ritchey, Sara Margaret (Author)
Format: Elektronski eKnjiga
Jezik:angleščina
Izdano: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021.
Serija:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Izvleček:"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"--
Fizični opis:1 online resource (330 pages): illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ;
ISBN:9781501753541
Dostop:Open Access