This book examines how medieval medical theories were derived from the teachings of Christianity, Judaism and Islam. It maintains that the mystical element was the most attractive branch of medical wisdom and shows how religious rites and observances like prayer and anointing were adapted to medical usage.;But while for thinkers like Roger Bacon disease was a fall from grace, there was also a practical approach to illness. The book evaluates medieval recipes for drugs and more mundane notions of disease in the light of the findings of modern medicine. It shows for instance how the concept of "flying venom" relates to modern germ theory.

This volume of studies seeks an anthropological view of medicine and the healing arts as they were situated within the lives of medieval people. Miracle cures and charms as well as drugs and surgery fall within the scope of the authors represented here, as does advice about diet and regimen. As well, the volume looks at wellness and illness in broad contexts, avoiding the tendency of modern medicine to focus on the isolation and definition of pathological states.

During the Frankish Crusader period, Cistercian monks built and developed the monastery of Zaraka in Greece for approximately forty years and were followed first by squatters, then by a seventeenth-century cemetery. The goal of this study has been to identify where the monks came from, how they lived, and why they left so suddenly.

To be in a relationship is challenging, but to be with a recovering addict is often a test of patience and has its own issues. To decide to continue or to even begin a healthy relationship with a recovering addict comes with the challenge of educating oneself about the recovery process and the 12-steps. This book gives valuable information from first hand experience, while giving the reader an opportunity to journal and answer questions about how they can assist the recovering addict in their life.

Advance praise for "DreamBones"
"With an exquisite sense of line and phrase, these poems--which sing a life intensely led and knowingly lived--evoke the powerful, lyrical rhythms of a light-blest world. Again and again we see here the brilliance of a poet of vision who knew her craft supremely well."--James Hoggard, Texas Poet Laureate, former president, Texas Institute of Letters; McMurtry Distinguished Professor of English, Midwestern State University"Whatever the subject, feeling, or insight portrayed in these exquisitely crafted poems, the imagery is consistently, breathtakingly beautiful. And, whatever the circumstances that give birth to each poem, God and love are always clearly present.""DreamBones" is a book to treasure, to read and return to many times over. It is a book that grows fresher with the passage of time, a work of illuminating grace."--Nancy P. Geyer, author and playwright

Advance praise for "DreamBones"
"With an exquisite sense of line and phrase, these poems--which sing a life intensely led and knowingly lived--evoke the powerful, lyrical rhythms of a light-blest world. Again and again we see here the brilliance of a poet of vision who knew her craft supremely well."--James Hoggard, Texas Poet Laureate, former president, Texas Institute of Letters; McMurtry Distinguished Professor of English, Midwestern State University"Whatever the subject, feeling, or insight portrayed in these exquisitely crafted poems, the imagery is consistently, breathtakingly beautiful. And, whatever the circumstances that give birth to each poem, God and love are always clearly present.""DreamBones" is a book to treasure, to read and return to many times over. It is a book that grows fresher with the passage of time, a work of illuminating grace."--Nancy P. Geyer, author and playwright