Medical Writings from Early Medieval England, Volume I Health Policy and literary and ideological figurations

and literary and ideological figurations

This is history at its very best

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Medical Writings from Early Medieval England, Volume I Health Policy and literary and ideological figurationsThe first comprehensive edition and translation of Old English writings on health and healing in more than 150 years. Unlike elsewhere in Europe, vernacular writings on health and healing had a major place in early medieval England. These texts unique local remedies and translations of late antique Latin treatises offer insights into the history of science and medicine, social history, scribal practices, and culture. Some cures resemble ones still