Visualizing Household Health Medieval Women, Art, and Knowledge in the Régime du corps

Examines several illustrated copies of the late medieval health guide known as the Régime du corps, demonstrating how the manuscripts' depictions of household care highlight female-dominated expertise within the domestic sphere.

About the author

Jennifer Borland is Professor of Art History and Director of the Humanities Initiative at Oklahoma State University. She is a founding member of the Material Collective and managing editor of the journal Different Visions.

Summary

Examines several illustrated copies of the late medieval health guide known as the Régime du corps, demonstrating how the manuscripts’ depictions of household care highlight female-dominated expertise within the domestic sphere.

Product details

• Authors: Jennifer (Oklahoma State University) Borland, Jennifer Borland
• Publisher: University Presses
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 23.04.2024
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history
• EAN: 9780271093468
• ISBN: 978-0-271-09346-8
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Raster, farbig
• Dimensions (packing): 20.3 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm
• Weight (packing): 953 g
• Subjects: Body, European History, Healthcare, HISTORY / Europe / France, ART / European, HISTORY / Women, Medieval History, History of Art, History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400, Manuscript, Interdisciplinary studies, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Medical Sociology, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Middle Ages, Medieval style, General studies, Household, ART / History / European / Medieval, Women and Gender, Eleanor of Provence, Medicine;Middle Ages;Manuscript;Historiated initial;Household;Healthcare;Body;Women and Gender;Domestic sphere;Women’s medicine;Wet nurse;Medieval art/visual culture;Régime du corps;Aldobrandino of Siena;Beatrice of Savoy;Eleanor of Provence;Margaret, Historiated initial, Wet nurse, Domestic Sphere, Margaret of Provence, Medieval art/visual culture, Régime du corps, Women’s medicine, Aldobrandino of Siena, Beatrice of Savoy