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Cultivating the earth, nurturing the body and soul : daily life in early medieval England : essays in honour of Debby Banham / edited by Christine Voth.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in the history of daily life (800-1600) ; 12.
- Studies in the history of daily life (800-1600) ; 12
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Banham, Debby, 1953-.
- Banham, Debby.
- Great Britain--History--Medieval period, 1066-1485.
- Great Britain.
- England--Social conditions--1066-1485.
- England.
- England--Social life and customs--1066-1485.
- Culture.
- Social Conditions--history.
- United Kingdom.
- culture (concept).
- Medical Subjects:
- Banham, Debby, 1953-.
- Social Conditions--history.
- Culture.
- United Kingdom.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- 336 pages : coored maps ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Turnhout : Brepols, 2025.
- Summary:
- "How did food impact social relationships in early medieval England? What cultivation practices were followed, to produce the best possible food supplies? What was the cultural significance of bread? How was the human body nourished? When sickness inevitably occurred, where did one go, and who was consulted for healing? And how was spiritual health also protected? The essays gathered together in this exciting volume draw on a range of different disciplines, from early medieval economic and social history, to experimental archaeology and medieval medicine, to offer a unique overview into day-to-day life in England nearly two millennia ago. Taking as their starting point the broad research interests of the volume's honorand, Dr Debby Banham, contributors here offer new insights into the reproduction and ritual use of vernacular charms, examine the collation and translation of medieval medicine, elucidate monastic economies and production, and uncover the circumstances behind the production and transmission of medical manuscripts in early medieval England. Presenting new insights into agricultural practices and animal husbandry, monastic sign language and materia medica, plant knowledge and medical practices, the chapters within this volume not only offer a fitting tribute to Banham's own groundbreaking work, but also shed new light on what it meant to nurture both body and soul in early medieval England.".
- Contents:
- Intro
- Front Matter
- Christine Voth. Introduction
- Rosamond Faith. Feeding Lords and Kings. Feorm in Anglo-Saxon England
- Rory Naismith. Monastic Economies in Late Anglo-Saxon England
- Peregrine Horden. Were there Hospitals in England before the Normans?
- Martha Bayless. Women, Bread, and the Supernatural in Early Medieval Culture
- Karen Louise Joll y. Field Research. Imagining and Re-Creating Anglo-Saxon Agricultural Protection Formulas
- Lea Olsan. From Literary Texts to Performative Rituals in Early Medieval England
- Maria Amalia D'Aronco. Miracles of Lexicography. Honey from a Bumble Bee
- Carole P. Biggam. Knowledge of the Spleen in the Leechbook
- Christine Voth. The Language of the Leechbooks. Revisiting the Tradition of Vernacular Medicine
- Conan Doyle. Foods for Body and Soul. The Application of Late Antique Regimen in Old English Medical Texts
- Bethany Christiansen. 'To Provoke the Menses'. Menstruation and Compilation in the Old English Herbarium and Medicina de quadrupedibus
- Anne Van Arsdall and M. K. C. Mac Mahon. The Antiquarian Behind the Old English Medical Texts
- Back Matter
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9782503611938
- 2503611931
- OCLC:
- 1518928393
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000220190
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