A Mother's Manual for the Women of Ferrara - A Fifteenth-Century Guide to Pregnancy and Pediatrics

"English translation of the fifteenth-century obstetrical and pediatric treatise written in the Italian vernacular for the women of Ferrara by the learned court physician Michele Savonarola, grandfather of Girolamo Savonarola, religious reformer and Florentine leader"--

About the author

Michele Savonarola (1385-1466) was a Renaissance physician, philosopher, court physician, and renowned professor in Padua and Ferrara. A trusted counselor of princes, Savonarola authored more than thirty works on medical, moral, political, historical, and religious issues.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Marafioti, Michele Savonarola, Gabriella Zuccolin
• Publisher: Iter Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781649590305
• ISBN: 978-1-64959-030-5
• No. of pages: 270
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 227 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 452 g
• Series: The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology