Medieval Herbal Remedies - The Old English Herbarium and Early-Medieval Medicine

Featured here is a modern translation of a medieval herbal, preceded by a study showing how this technical treatise on herbs was turned into a literary curiosity. The transformation began with its first translation in 1864, one that continues to affect how this and other early-medieval medical texts are read.

List of contents

Foreword Linda Ehrsam Voigts
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Oswald Cockayne: The scholar whose long shadow hangs over medieval medicine
2. Cockayne’s Herbarium
3. New contexts for the Old English Herbarium
4. About the Old English Herbarium: Manuscripts, illustrations, and need for an alternative to Cockayne’s translation
5.The Old English Herbarium: A modern translation
References and online resources
Alphabetical indexes of plant names
Index of medical complaints
General index

About the author

Anne Van Arsdall, Ph.D. (ret.) Publications include papers, book chapters; and (ed.) Herbs and Healers from the Ancient Mediterranean through the Medieval West (2012) and The Old French Chronicle of Morea (2015), a translation of a crusade chronicle set in Greece.

Summary

Featured here is a modern translation of a medieval herbal, preceded by a study showing how this technical treatise on herbs was turned into a literary curiosity. The transformation began with its first translation in 1864, one that continues to affect how this and other early-medieval medical texts are read.

Product details

• Authors: Anne Van Arsdall
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2023
• EAN: 9780367753795
• ISBN: 978-0-367-75379-5
• No. of pages: 246
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; England, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, MEDICAL / Pharmacology, History of Medicine, Medieval History, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Traditional medicine and herbal remedies, Traditional medicine & herbal remedies, Anglo-Saxon / Old English, Anglo-Saxon