Conceiving bodies : reproduction in early medieval English medicine / Dana Oswald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oswald, Dana, 1975- author.

Series:

Manchester medieval literature and culture ; 57.

Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reproductive health--England--History--To 1500.

Reproductive health.

Gynecology--England--History--To 1500.

Gynecology.

Women--Health and hygiene--England--History--To 1500.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 211 pages) : tables; digital file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2024.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Biography/History:

Dana Oswald is Associate Professor of Literatures and Languages at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside

Summary:

The Old English remedies for women's reproductive ailments gesture to contemporary notions of bodily autonomy. Close examination of the remedies for menstruation, fertility, pregnancy, stillbirth, and abortion reveal distinctions among them, where previously they were understood reductively as women's medicine.

Contents:

Front Matter

Dedication

Contents

List of tables

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

Introduction

1 The diagnostic body and the matter of menstruation in the remedies and penitentials

2 Fertility and pregnancy in the medical texts and prognostics

3 Overlap and overwriting in medical language for childbirth

4 Purging as treatment for miscarriage, stillbirth and conception

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher-supplied metadata, print version record and e-publication, viewed November 27, 2024.

ISBN:

9781526188304

1526188309

9781526176899

1526176890

9781526176875

1526176874

OCLC:

1434178364