Rooted in the Earth, Rooted in the Sky: Hildegard of Bingen and Premodern Medicine

By: Victoria Sweet

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Synopsis: Rooted in the Earth, Rooted in the Sky is a detailed study of the medicine of Hildegard of Bingen, a medieval mystic, theologian and composer, who also wrote a practical medical text. Although there has been an explosion of interest in Hildegard's music, theology, illuminations and medicine in the last two decades, this is the first book to use her remarkable text to revise not only our conception of Hildegard but also of premodern medicine itself. It does so by contextualizing her work with primary and secondary historical sources, unedited manuscripts, anthropological and archeological evidence and linguistic analyses. Its surprising conclusion is that the premodern body was more like a plant than a machine or a computer program, and the physician more like a gardener than a mechanic or a computer programmer.

Book Quality:: Excellent
Book Size:: 348 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780415993333
Publisher:: Routledge
Date of Addition:: 07/24/23
Copyrighted By:: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Health, Mind and Body
Submitted By:: 170
Proofread By:: 170
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.