Gender, Health, and Healing, 1250-1550
Author:   Sara Ritchey ,  Sharon Strocchia
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Pages:   330
Publication Date:   01 December 2025
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Gender, Health, and Healing, 1250-1550


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Author:   Sara Ritchey ,  Sharon Strocchia
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.610kg
ISBN:  

9781041180104


ISBN 10:   1041180101
Pages:   330
Publication Date:   01 December 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction, Gendering Medieval Health and Healing: New Sources, New Perspectives, PART 1: Sources of Religious Healing, PART 2: Producing and Transmitting Medical Knowledge, PART 3: Infirmity and Care, PART 4: (In)fertility and Reproduction, Gender, Index

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Sara Ritchey is Associate Professor of History at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is the author of >Holy Matter: Changing Perceptions of the Material World in Late Medieval Christianity> (2014) and a forthcoming book on late medieval religious women’s therapeutic knowledge and healthcare practices (2021). Sharon Strocchia is Professor of History at Emory University in Atlanta. A social and cultural historian of Renaissance Italy, she has published widely on women, religion, and health-related topics. Her most recent book is >Forgotten Healers: Women and the Pursuit of Health in Late Renaissance Italy> (2019).

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