Conceiving Bodies: Reproduction in Early Medieval English Medicine

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.

Author: Dana Oswald
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 05/28/2024
Series: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9781526176882