Overview
Women have engaged in healing from the beginning of history, often within the context of the home. This book studies the role, contributions and challenges faced by women healers in France, Spain, Italy and England, including medical practice among women in the Jewish and Muslim communities, from the later Middle Ages to approximately 1800.
- | Author: L. Whaley
- | Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
- | Publication Date: Feb 08, 2011
- | Number of Pages: 316 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 0230282911
- | ISBN-13: 9780230282919
