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Medical Writings from Early Medieval England
Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
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This volume is essential for scholars and enthusiasts of medieval history, medicine, Old English literature, and the history of science. It will also appeal to readers interested in cultural practices and early healing traditions in England.
Medical Writings from Early Medieval England presents vernacular texts on health and healing—unique local remedies and translations of late antique Latin treatises—and offers insights into the history of science and medicine, scribal practices, and culture. This is first comprehensive edition and translation from Old English in more than 150 years.
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The first comprehensive edition and translation of Old English writings on health and healing in more than 150 years.
Unlike elsewhere in Europe, vernacular writings on health and healing had a major place in early medieval England. These texts—unique local remedies and translations of late antique Latin treatises—offer insights into the history of science and medicine, social history, scribal practices, and culture. Some cures resemble ones still used today; others are linguistically extravagant, prescribing ambitious healing practices.
Alongside recipes for everyday ailments such as headaches are unparalleled procedures for preventing infant mortality, restoring lost cattle, warding off elf-shot, or remedying the effects of flying venom.
Medical Writings from Early Medieval England presents the first comprehensive edition and translation from Old English of these works in more than 150 years. Volume I includes The Old English Herbal, Remedies from Animals, Lacnunga, the Peri Didaxeon, and a compendium of miscellaneous texts.
Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780674290822
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 01 May 2023
Country: United States
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Contributors:
- Edited and translated by John D. Niles
- Edited and translated by Maria A. D'Aronco
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 41.0mm
Width: 133.0mm
Height: 203.0mm
Weight: 885g
Pages: 864
About the Author
John D. Niles is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of California, Berkeley, and Professor Emeritus of Humanities at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Maria A. D’Aronco is retired Professor of Germanic Philology at the University of Udine, Italy.
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