Medieval Diet and Medicine

›Occitan Health Advice for the Layperson‹
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-11-126376-2
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 166 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 571 g

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This volume offers a new critical edition with facing English translation and a detailed study of the medieval manual of dietetics Occitan Health Advice dating from the 13th century and probably compiled in the milieu of Montpellier’s university. This Advice on health and well-being is a unique example of medical writing: composed in Occitan (formerly called Old Provençal), the vernacular language of southern France; it provided a wealth of medical information and guidance for a literate nonspecialist reader interested in a healthful life. This Advice will interest medical historians, literary scholars, and linguists, as well as readers curious about the Middle Ages, for all of whom it provides invaluable information on medieval daily life, dietary regimen, and healthy habits.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and students of medical history, classical studies, Occi

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pfeffer, Wendy Eleanor

Pfeffer, Wendy

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Mathematik & Informatik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik

Über Autor(innen)

Wendy Pfeffer, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, and University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.