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Women's healthcare in the medieval west : texts and contexts

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Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes History of Science and Medicine History of Medicine Studies

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Contents: Introduction Historical questions and methodologies: Women's medical practice and health care in medieval Europe Documenting medieval women's medical practice Identifying the texts: The De genecia attributed to Constantine the African Obstetrical and gynecological texts in Middle English The development of the Trotula Exploring the contexts: 'Traittie tout de menA onges': the Secres des dames, 'Trotula', and attitudes towards women's medicine in 14th- and early 15th-century France The possibilities of literacy and the limits of reading: women and the gendering of medical literacy Appendix: Medieval gynecological literature: a handlist Bibliography Indices.

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