Forgotten Healers - Women and the Pursuit of Health in Late Renaissance Italy

In Renaissance Italy women from all walks of life played a central role in health care and the early development of medical science. Observing that the frontlines of care are often found in the household and other spaces thought of as female, Sharon Strocchia encourages us to rethink women¿s place in the history of medicine.

About the author

Sharon T. Strocchia is Professor of History at Emory University. Her research focuses on the social and cultural history of Renaissance Italy, gender and sexuality in early modern Europe, and the history of health and medicine. She is the author of Nuns and Nunneries in Renaissance Florence, which won the Marraro Prize for the best book on Italian history from the American Catholic Historical Association.

Summary

In Renaissance Italy women from all walks of life played a central role in health care and the early development of medical science. Observing that the frontlines of care are often found in the household and other spaces thought of as female, Sharon Strocchia encourages us to rethink women’s place in the history of medicine.

Product details

• Authors: Sharon T. Strocchia
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9780674241749
• ISBN: 978-0-674-24174-9
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History; I TATTI STUDIES IN ITALIAN REN
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; European History, SCIENCE / History, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, MEDICAL / History, History of Medicine, History of Science, Social and cultural history