Medicine, Religion and Gender in Medieval Culture

Medicine, Religion and Gender in Medieval Culture
Author: Naoë Kukita Yoshikawa
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2015
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 184384401X
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An exploration of the relations between medical and religious discourse and practice in medieval culture, focussing on how they are affected by gender.


Medicine, Religion and Gender in Medieval Culture
Language: en
Pages: 312

Medicine, Religion and Gender in Medieval Culture

Authors: Naoë Kukita Yoshikawa
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015 - Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

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An exploration of the relations between medical and religious discourse and practice in medieval culture, focussing on how they are affected by gender.
Gender, Health, and Healing, 1250-1550
Language: en
Pages: 331

Gender, Health, and Healing, 1250-1550

Authors: Sara Ritchey
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-03-21 - Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

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This path-breaking collection offers an integrative model for understanding health and healing in Europe and the Mediterranean from 1250-1550. By foregrounding
Barren Women
Language: en
Pages: 324

Barren Women

Authors: Sara Verskin
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-04-06 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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Barren Women is the first scholarly book to explore the ramifications of being infertile in the medieval Arab-Islamic world. Through an examination of legal tex
The Meanings of Sex Difference in the Middle Ages
Language: en
Pages: 332

The Meanings of Sex Difference in the Middle Ages

Authors: Joan Cadden
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995-03-31 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book examines how scientific ideas about sex differences in the later Middle Ages participated in cultural assumptions about gender.
Religion and Medicine in the Middle Ages
Language: en
Pages: 273

Religion and Medicine in the Middle Ages

Authors: Peter Biller
Categories: Health & Fitness
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

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Medicine and religion were intertwined in the middle ages; here are studies of specific instances. The sheer extent of crossover - medics as religious men, reli