Forgotten Healers: Women and the Pursuit of Health in Late Renaissance Italy

In Renaissance Italy women from all walks of life played a central role in health care and the early development of medical science. Observing that the frontlines of care are often found in the household and other spaces thought of as female, Sharon Strocchia encourages us to rethink women’s place i...

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Beteilige Person: Strocchia, Sharon T. 1951- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press [2020]
Schriftenreihe:I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History
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https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674243446
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674243446
Zusammenfassung:In Renaissance Italy women from all walks of life played a central role in health care and the early development of medical science. Observing that the frontlines of care are often found in the household and other spaces thought of as female, Sharon Strocchia encourages us to rethink women’s place in the history of medicine
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Jan 2020)
Umfang:1 online resource (288 pages)
ISBN:9780674243446
DOI:10.4159/9780674243446