Women''s Medical Work in Early Modern France

Informationen zum Autor Susan Broomhall is Winthrop Professor of Early Modern History at The University of Western Australia Klappentext Situates the practices and perceptions of women's medical work in France in the context of the sixteenth century and its medical evolution and innovations. The book argues that early modern understandings of medical practice and authority were highly flexible and subject to change. Zusammenfassung Situates the practices and perceptions of women’s medical work in France in the context of the sixteenth century and its medical evolution and innovations. The book argues that early modern understandings of medical practice and authority were highly flexible and subject to change. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsNotes on textIntroduction1. Women and the medical guilds2. The university: women and the Faculty of Medicine in Paris3. Hospital nursing by women religious: the Hôtel-Dieu in Paris4. Female healing before the law5. The book trades: female medical practice in print6. Nursing, caring, curing: women's work in municipal child care7. The world of the court: women serving the royal family8. French women and reproductive knowledge at the Spanish court9. Elite women and reproductive knowledge: the Nassau sistersAfterwordBibliographyIndex

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Susan Broomhall, Susan Dr Broomhall, Broomhall Susan
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2011
• EAN: 9780719062872
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-6287-2
• Pagine: 296
• Serie: Gender in History (Paperback); Gender in History
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; France, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, MEDICAL / History, History of Medicine, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls