Women Healers in Medieval Life and Literature

Looks at how the role for the administration of medical aid during the Middle Ages fell upon the women and how this was represented in the writing of the times. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CONTENTS INTRODUCTION I. SOME FAMOUS WOMEN HEALERS IN LITERATURE II. THE LAYMAN'S MEDICINE III. LAY WOMEN HEALERS IV. ACADEMIC MEDICINE V. WOMEN PRACTITIONERS VI. MEDIEVAL MIDWIVES VII. MEDIEVAL NURSES CONCLUSION APPENDICES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX