Health and healing from the medieval garden
Peter Dendle (Editor), Alain Touwaide (Editor)
Fresh examinations of the role of medicinal plants in medieval thought and practice and how they contributed to broader ideas concerning the body, religion and identity.
History
1 v. (XIII - 256 p.) : illustrations ; 24 cm
9781843833635, 1843833638
470801009
The Legacy of Classical Antiquity in Byzantium and the West - Alain TouwaidePlants and Planets: Linking the Vegetable with the Celestial in Late- Medieval Texts - Linda Ehrsam VoigtsPlants in the Early Medieval Cosmos: Herbs, Divine Potency, and the Scala natura - Peter DendleA Cook's Therapeutic Use of Garden Herbs - Terence ScullyThe Jujube-Tree in the Eastern Mediterranean: A Case Study in the Methodolo gy of Textual Archaobotany - Alain TouwaideGardens on Vellum: Plants and Herbs in Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts - Maria D'AroncoThe Sources for Plant Names in Anglo-Saxon England and the Laud Herbal Glossary - Philip RuscheAnglo-Saxon Ethnobotany: Women's Reproductive medicine in Leechbook III - Marijane OsbornHerbs and the Medieval Surgeon - Peter Murray JonesRosemary: Not Just for Rememberance - George R. KeiserUtility and Aesthetics in the Gardens of al-Andalus: Species with Multiple Uses - Expiración García SánchezHortus Redivivus: The Medieval Garden Recreated - Deirdre Larkin