Rooted in the Earth, Rooted in the Sky - Hildegard of Bingen and Premodern Medicine (Paperback)

Rooted in the Earth, Rooted in the Sky is a detailed study of the medicine of Hildegard of Bingen, a medieval mystic, theologian and composer, who also wrote a practical medical text. Although there has been an explosion of interest in Hildegard's music, theology, illuminations and medicine in the last two decades, this is the first book to use her remarkable text to revise not only our conception of Hildegard but also of premodern medicine itself. It does so by contextualizing her work with primary and secondary historical sources, unedited manuscripts, anthropological and archeological evidence and linguistic analyses. Its surprising conclusion is that the premodern body was more like a plant than a machine or a computer program, and the physician more like a gardener than a mechanic or a computer programmer.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Studies in Medieval History and Culture
Release date:	June 2010
First published:	2006
Authors:	Victoria Sweet
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Cloth over boards
Pages:	326
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-99333-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > History > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-99333-4
Barcode:	9780415993333

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