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 169
... medicine was an un- digested mixture of ancient knowledge of useful herbs and plants , ideas for treatment gleaned from classical sources , practical experience , and a general , if occasionally shamefaced , reliance on magic and ...
... medicine was an un- digested mixture of ancient knowledge of useful herbs and plants , ideas for treatment gleaned from classical sources , practical experience , and a general , if occasionally shamefaced , reliance on magic and ...
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 173
... medicine and surgery . He saw such studies as ideal for noble girls , well educated and attractive , who could be married to wealthy and important Saracen princes to encourage their conversion . Such medical and surgical skills would ...
... medicine and surgery . He saw such studies as ideal for noble girls , well educated and attractive , who could be married to wealthy and important Saracen princes to encourage their conversion . Such medical and surgical skills would ...
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abbess abbey abbot Abelard active Agnes Alice became beguines bishop Blanche Blanche of Castile British Library brother castle Cathars childbirth Christine de Pizan church Cistercian Clare clerical convent countess court crusade daughter death Dhuoda died early ecclesiastical Edward Eleanor Eleanor of Aquitaine Elizabeth emphasis encouraged England English female fifteenth century fourteenth century France French girls heir Héloïse Henry Hildegard Hildegard of Bingen hospital Hôtel-Dieu household husband important influence insisted Isabella Jeanne king king's lands later lepers lives livres Lollard London Louis Mahaut male manor Margery Margery Kempe Marguerite Marie marriage married medicine medieval medieval women Middle Ages mother mystics noble ladies nunnery nuns occasionally officials Paris peasant piety practical prioress prostitutes queen Radegund recluse recognised religious responsibility rich royal rule secular servants sick sisters social suggests thirteenth century trade trans treatise twelfth century widow wife wives woman wrote young