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Health and Healing from the Medieval Garden

Health and Healing from the Medieval Garden - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Peter Dendle (Editor), Alain Touwaide (Editor), Alain Touwaide (Contribution by)Publish date:2015-01-15Pages:270
Language:EnglishPublisher:Boydell PressISBN-13:9781843839767ISBN-10:1843839768UPC:9781843839767Book Category:Science, Health & FitnessBook Subcategory:History, Herbal MedicationsSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.57 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCH2VSPGBT
Fresh examinations of the role of medicinal plants in medieval thought and practice and how they contributed to broader ideas concerning the body, religion and identity.

The important and ever-shifting role of medicinal plants in medieval science, art, culture, and thought, both in the Latin Western medical tradition and in Byzantine and medieval Arabic medicine, is the focus of this new collection. Following a general introduction and a background chapter on Late Antique and medieval theories of wellness and therapy, in-depth essays treat such wide-ranging topics as medicine and astrology, charms and magical remedies, herbal glossaries, illuminated medical manuscripts, women's reproductive medicine, dietary cooking, gardens in social and political context, and recreated medieval gardens. They make a significant contribution to our understanding ofthe place of medicinal plants in medieval thought and practice, and thus lead to a greater appreciation of how medieval theories and therapies from diverse places developed in continuously evolving and cross-pollinating strands, and, in turn, how they contributed to broader ideas concerning the body, religion, identity, and the human relationship with the natural world.

Contributors: MARIA AMALIA D'ARONCO, PETER DENDLE, EXPIRACION GARCIA SANCHEZ, PETER MURRAY JONES, GEORGE R. KEISER, DEIRDRE LARKIN, MARIJANE OSBORN, PHILIP G. RUSCHE, TERENCE SCULLY, ALAIN TOUWAIDE, LINDA EHRSAM VOIGTS
Language:EnglishPublisher:Boydell PressISBN-13:9781843839767ISBN-10:1843839768UPC:9781843839767Book Category:Science, Health & FitnessBook Subcategory:History, Herbal MedicationsSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.57 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCH2VSPGBT
Publisher: Boydell Press

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