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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Main Author:	Ritchey, Sara Margaret (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021.
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	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.
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