The problem with practicality: rethinking late medieval English medical recipes, 1375-1500

<p>This thesis explores the validity of seeing late medieval vernacular remedies as more than just utilitarian texts. Until now, most commentators have argued, or assumed, that medical recipes were conceptualised by their earliest writers and readers as texts solely designed to serve a curativ...

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Main Author: Bower, H
Other Authors: Wakelin, D
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2018
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