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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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Bibliographic Details
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
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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