Three Sixteenth-Century Dietaries

by Joan Fitzpatrick

Early modern dietaries are prose texts recommending the best way to maintain physical and psychological well-being. Three sixteenth-century dietaries contains Thomas Elyot's Castle of Health, Andrew Boorde's Compendious Regiment and William Bullein's Government of Health, all popular and influential works that were typical of a genre advising the reader on how best to maintain physical and psychological health. They are here introduced, contextualized...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719081130
• ISBN13: 9780719081132
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"