Title | Acts of care : recovering women in late Medieval health |
Personal name |
Ritchey, Sara Margaret |
Main title | Acts of care : recovering women in late Medieval health / Sara Ritchey . |
Publication Details | Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press، 2021. |
Description | xiv, 310 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm . |
ISBN | 9781501758324 (paperback) 9781501753534 (hardcover) (epub) (pdf) . |
Notes |
Translating care: the circulation of healing stories ; Bedside comforts: the social organization of care ; Empirical bodies: competing theories of therapeutic authority ; Rhythmic medicine: the psalter as a therapeutic technology in Beguine communities . "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"-- Provided by publisher. . |
Subjects |
Women healers, Medieval » Benelux countries . Medical care » Religious aspects » Christianity . Medical care » History » To 1500 . |
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84038 |
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