Popular Medicine in 13th-Century England: Introduction and Texts

by Tony Hunt

The first study of Anglo-Norman medical prescriptions to appear in print. Six major collections, comprising over 1000 receipts, are analysed and edited. A historical introduction provides the richest and most up-to-date account of popular medicine in the period 1100-1300 yet published. Full botanical glossaries are provided. TONY HUNT is a Fellow of St Peter's College, Oxford.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859912906
• ISBN13: 9780859912907
• Release Date: February 1990
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 478 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.1"