Acts of Care

Acts of Care

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Author/Contributor(s): Ritchey, Sara
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Date: 03/15/2021
Binding: Paperback
Condition: NEW
"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"--