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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154564503321

Autore

Laroche Rebecca

Titolo

Medical authority and Englishwomen's herbal texts, 1550-1650 / / Rebecca Laroche

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-24935-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Literary and scientific cultures of early modernity

Disciplina

828.308093561

Soggetti

English prose literature - Women authors - History and criticism

English prose literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism

Herbals - Great Britain - History

Literature and medicine - Great Britain - History - 16th century

Literature and medicine - Great Britain - History - 17th century

Women in medicine - Great Britain - History - 16th century

Women in medicine - Great Britain - History - 17th century

Botany, Medical - Great Britain - History - 16th century

Botany, Medical - Great Britain - History - 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2009 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. "This manlike worke of herbes" : gender and the English herbal -- 2. Inscriptions in herbal texts and the location of medical authority -- 3. Gentlewomen's herbal readings and the absent-present physicians -- 4. Isabella Whitney's herbs : print medical texts and London satire.