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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Main Author:	Ritchey, Sara Margaret (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021.
Subjects:	Women healers, Medieval > Benelux countries. Medical care > Religious aspects > Christianity. Medical care > History > To 1500. HISTORY > Medieval. Medical care Medical care > Religious aspects > Christianity Women healers, Medieval Benelux countries To 1500 , psalters, medieval medicine, Low Countries, hagiography, miracles. Beguines, Cistercians, medical charms. Electronic books. History
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Summary:	"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"--
Physical Description:	1 online resource : maps, illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781501753558 150175355X 9781501753541 1501753541 1501758322 1501753533