Santé Et Société À Montpellier À La Fin Du Moyen Âge

This book examines the social, institutional and cultural setting of medical practices in the medieval town of Montpellier which boasted a famous school of medicine and a large community of barber-surgeons and apothecaries. Their collective fate is studied here.

About the author

Geneviève Dumas, Ph.D. (2001), McGill University, is Professor of Medieval Studies at Université de Sherbrooke. Her research focuses on the circulation of scientific, technical and medical ideas around the Mediterranean, especially in the setting of the medieval town of Montpellier.

Product details

• Authors: Geneviève Dumas
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: French
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.11.2014
• EAN: 9789004282391
• ISBN: 978-90-04-28239-1
• No. of pages: 608
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 239 mm x 36 mm
• Weight: 1039 g
• Series: Medieval Mediterranean
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General