Medical Texts in Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture

by Emily Kesling

Book Overview

Winner of the Best First Monograph from the International Society for the Study of Early Medieval England (ISSEME) 2021.

An examination of the Old English medical collections, arguing that these texts are products of a learned intellectual culture.

Four complete medical collections survive from Anglo-Saxon England. These were first edited by Oswald Cockayne in the nineteenth century and came to be known by the names Bald's Leechbook,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843846837
• ISBN13: 9781843846833
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"