Renaissance Surgeons: Learning and Expertise in the Age of Print

by Kristy Wilson Bowers

Book Overview

This book examines the lives, careers, and publications of a group of Spanish Renaissance surgeons as exemplars of both the surgical renaissance occurring across Europe and of the unique context of Spain.

In the sixteenth century, European surgeons forged new identities as learned experts who combined university medical degrees with manual skills and practical experience. No longer merely apprentice-trained craftsmen engaged...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032270403
• ISBN13: 9781032270401
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"