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 o...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca (New York)
Cornell University Press
2021
Ithaca : 2021. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009421984706719 |
| Sumario: | "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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (329 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781501758324 |
| Acceso: | Open access |
