Women Healers: Portraits of Herbalists, Physicians, and Midwives
- ISBN-10
- 0892815485
- ISBN-13
- 9780892815487
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Pages
- 168
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995-10
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
- Author
- Elisabeth Brooke
Description
Drawing from primary sources to offer a reconstruction of the history of women’s healing practices, the author argues that the medieval image of the healer as witch was deliberately constructed by Church officials to discredit women’s powers. In its place she provides a more accurate picture of these innovative, compassionate, and capable practitioners.
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- 2022-04-15
- 336 pages
- Paperback
- University of Pennsylvania Press
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