Conceiving Bodies - Reproduction in Early Medieval English Medicine

The Old English remedies for women's reproductive ailments gesture to contemporary notions of bodily autonomy. Close examination of the remedies for menstruation, fertility, pregnancy, stillbirth, and abortion reveal distinctions among them, where previously they were understood reductively as women's medicine.

Summary

The Old English remedies for women’s reproductive ailments gesture to contemporary notions of bodily autonomy. Close examination of the remedies for menstruation, fertility, pregnancy, stillbirth, and abortion reveal distinctions among them, where previously they were understood reductively as women’s medicine. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Dana Oswald
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2024
• EAN: 9781526176882
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-7688-2
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; England, English, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, MEDICAL / History, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, HISTORY / Women, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066), History of Medicine, Medieval History, British & Irish history, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Gender studies: women, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Gender studies: women and girls, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE