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Rooted in the Earth, Rooted in the Sky - Couverture souple

Livre 14 sur 88: Studies in Medieval History and Culture

Sweet, Victoria

 
9780415993333: Rooted in the Earth, Rooted in the Sky
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0415993334 ISBN 13 : 9780415993333
Editeur : Routledge, 2010

Synopsis

Rooted in the Earth, Rooted in the Sky is a detailed study of the medicine of Hildegard of Bingen, a medieval mystic, theologian and composer, who also wrote a practical medical text. Although there has been an explosion of interest in Hildegard's music, theology, illuminations and medicine in the last two decades, this is the first book to use her remarkable text to revise not only our conception of Hildegard but also of premodern medicine itself. It does so by contextualizing her work with primary and secondary historical sources, unedited manuscripts, anthropological and archeological evidence and linguistic analyses. Its surprising conclusion is that the premodern body was more like a plant than a machine or a computer program, and the physician more like a gardener than a mechanic or a computer programmer.

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Victoria Sweet

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0415993334
ISBN 13 
9780415993333
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
348
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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