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Conceiving Bodies: Reproduction in Early Medieval English Medicine - Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture Dana Oswald
Conceiving Bodies: Reproduction in Early Medieval English Medicine - Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture
Dana Oswald
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. -- .
232 pages, 0 illustrations, 3 tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 28, 2024 |
| ISBN13 | 9781526176882 |
| Publishers | Manchester University Press |
| Pages | 232 |
| Dimensions | 148 × 222 × 20 mm · 420 g |
| Language | English |