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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Autor principal: Ritchey, Sara Margaret (Autor)
Formato: Recurso Eletrônico livro eletrônico
Idioma:inglês
Publicado em: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021.
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Resumo:"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"--
Descrição Física:1 online resource (330 pages): illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ;
ISBN:9781501753541
Acesso:Open Access