A Small Sound of the Trumpet: Women in Medieval LifeDescribes the daily life of noblewomen, nuns, and peasants in feudal England and Europe, looks at the treatment of lepers, beggars, prostitutes, and criminals, and offers brief profiles of prominent medieval women. |
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Page 171
... medicine had become well - known through transla- tion into Latin . Abelard's letter to Héloïse on the management of her convent underlines the importance put on the wise choice of a skilled infirmarian . She needed to have some medical ...
... medicine had become well - known through transla- tion into Latin . Abelard's letter to Héloïse on the management of her convent underlines the importance put on the wise choice of a skilled infirmarian . She needed to have some medical ...
Page 175
... medicine and the passage in 1311 of another royal ordinance against unlicensed practitioners encouraged a number of suits against women healers . In 1312 Clarice of Rouen was summoned and accused of illicitly exercising the art of ...
... medicine and the passage in 1311 of another royal ordinance against unlicensed practitioners encouraged a number of suits against women healers . In 1312 Clarice of Rouen was summoned and accused of illicitly exercising the art of ...
Page 177
... medicine . They added that , since women were not allowed to be an advocate or witness in a criminal case , how much more they should be prohibited from giving potions , food , or clysters to the sick when they did not know the theory ...
... medicine . They added that , since women were not allowed to be an advocate or witness in a criminal case , how much more they should be prohibited from giving potions , food , or clysters to the sick when they did not know the theory ...
Contents
THE PRECURSORS | 1 |
THE MOULD FOR MEDIEVAL WOMEN | 18 |
QUEENS | 44 |
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