The Language of the Leechbooks. Revisiting the Tradition of Vernacular Medicine
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1484/M.HDL-EB.5.143387" target="_blank" >10.1484/M.HDL-EB.5.143387</a>
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Language of the Leechbooks. Revisiting the Tradition of Vernacular Medicine
Original language description
How did food impact social relationships in early medieval England? What cultivation practices were followed, to produce the best possible food supplies? What was the cultural significance of bread? How was the human body nourished? When sickness inevitably occurred, where did one go, and who was consulted for healing? And how was spiritual health also protected? The essays gathered together in this exciting volume draw on a range of different disciplines, from early medieval economic and social history, to experimental archaeology and medieval medicine, to offer a unique overview into day-to-day life in England nearly two millennia ago.Taking as their starting point the broad research interests of the volume’s honorand, Dr Debby Banham, contributors here offer new insights into the reproduction and ritual use of vernacular charms, examine the collation and translation of medieval medicine, elucidate monastic economies and production, and uncover the circumstances behind the production and transmission of medical manuscripts in early medieval England. Presenting new insights into agricultural practices and animal husbandry, monastic sign language and materia medica, plant knowledge and medical practices, the chapters within this volume not only offer a fitting tribute to Banham’s own groundbreaking work, but also shed new light on what it meant to nurture both body and soul in early medieval England.
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)
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Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Book/collection name
History of Daily Life
ISBN
978-2-503-61193-8
Number of pages of the result
34
Pages from-to
231-264
Number of pages of the book
498
Publisher name
Brepols Publishers
Place of publication
Turnhout, Belgium
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