Author: Alexandra Barratt
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
This study comprises a critical edition, using all the five extant MSS, of the most popular of the Middle English gynaecological texts deriving from the Latin Trotula-text. The Knowing of Women's Kind in Childing is a short fifteenth-century prose treatise which claims to be translated from Latin texts (or Latin and French, according to some manuscripts) that derive ultimately from the Greek. It has a unique importance as it was written by a woman, for a female audience, and on the subject of women. The text considers women's physical constitution, what makes them different from men (primarily the possession of a womb) and, in particular, the three types of problem that the womb causes. That it was written for a female audience is made explicit in the Prologue where the writer explains that he has translated this text out of French and Latin into English because literate women are more likely to read English than any other language and can then pass on the information it contains to illiterate women. More controversial must be the claim that this text was written by a woman. The text is a translation, no doubt by a man, but one of his ultimate sources was a text attributed to 'Trotula', in the Middle Ages believed to be the name of a midwife or gynaecologist from Salerno, who wrote extensively on women's ailments, childbirth and beauty care. Recent work shows that such a woman, probably named Trota, did exist and that she did write a gynaecological treatise, the Trotula or 'little Trota', which became closely associated with two other texts not by her. All three however became very popular and were widely disseminated under her name. Large sections of The Knowing of Woman's Kind come, via an Old French translation, from a version of the Liber de Sinthomatibus Mulierum (the Cum auctor), the first element in this Trotula ensemble.
The Knowing of Woman's Kind in Childing
Author: Alexandra Barratt
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
This study comprises a critical edition, using all the five extant MSS, of the most popular of the Middle English gynaecological texts deriving from the Latin Trotula-text. The Knowing of Women's Kind in Childing is a short fifteenth-century prose treatise which claims to be translated from Latin texts (or Latin and French, according to some manuscripts) that derive ultimately from the Greek. It has a unique importance as it was written by a woman, for a female audience, and on the subject of women. The text considers women's physical constitution, what makes them different from men (primarily the possession of a womb) and, in particular, the three types of problem that the womb causes. That it was written for a female audience is made explicit in the Prologue where the writer explains that he has translated this text out of French and Latin into English because literate women are more likely to read English than any other language and can then pass on the information it contains to illiterate women. More controversial must be the claim that this text was written by a woman. The text is a translation, no doubt by a man, but one of his ultimate sources was a text attributed to 'Trotula', in the Middle Ages believed to be the name of a midwife or gynaecologist from Salerno, who wrote extensively on women's ailments, childbirth and beauty care. Recent work shows that such a woman, probably named Trota, did exist and that she did write a gynaecological treatise, the Trotula or 'little Trota', which became closely associated with two other texts not by her. All three however became very popular and were widely disseminated under her name. Large sections of The Knowing of Woman's Kind come, via an Old French translation, from a version of the Liber de Sinthomatibus Mulierum (the Cum auctor), the first element in this Trotula ensemble.
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
This study comprises a critical edition, using all the five extant MSS, of the most popular of the Middle English gynaecological texts deriving from the Latin Trotula-text. The Knowing of Women's Kind in Childing is a short fifteenth-century prose treatise which claims to be translated from Latin texts (or Latin and French, according to some manuscripts) that derive ultimately from the Greek. It has a unique importance as it was written by a woman, for a female audience, and on the subject of women. The text considers women's physical constitution, what makes them different from men (primarily the possession of a womb) and, in particular, the three types of problem that the womb causes. That it was written for a female audience is made explicit in the Prologue where the writer explains that he has translated this text out of French and Latin into English because literate women are more likely to read English than any other language and can then pass on the information it contains to illiterate women. More controversial must be the claim that this text was written by a woman. The text is a translation, no doubt by a man, but one of his ultimate sources was a text attributed to 'Trotula', in the Middle Ages believed to be the name of a midwife or gynaecologist from Salerno, who wrote extensively on women's ailments, childbirth and beauty care. Recent work shows that such a woman, probably named Trota, did exist and that she did write a gynaecological treatise, the Trotula or 'little Trota', which became closely associated with two other texts not by her. All three however became very popular and were widely disseminated under her name. Large sections of The Knowing of Woman's Kind come, via an Old French translation, from a version of the Liber de Sinthomatibus Mulierum (the Cum auctor), the first element in this Trotula ensemble.
Women's Writing in Middle English
Author: Alexandra Barratt
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317863275
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Women's writing in any period remains of critical concern, both at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Alexandra Barratt's edition offers a wide range of texts from the period 1300-1500, including: Original texts written by women in the Middle Ages Texts translated by women in the Middle Ages Prayers, meditations, scriptural comment, and accounts of religious experiences Educational writings Romance, poetry Each poem is given a headnote, giving details of composition, manuscript and sources. Full on-page annotation is provided giving details of allusions to contemporary religious, historical and social issues. A general introduction gives context to all the pieces and provides a penetrating account of the role of women in a burgeoning society of literary and cultural transmission.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317863275
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Women's writing in any period remains of critical concern, both at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Alexandra Barratt's edition offers a wide range of texts from the period 1300-1500, including: Original texts written by women in the Middle Ages Texts translated by women in the Middle Ages Prayers, meditations, scriptural comment, and accounts of religious experiences Educational writings Romance, poetry Each poem is given a headnote, giving details of composition, manuscript and sources. Full on-page annotation is provided giving details of allusions to contemporary religious, historical and social issues. A general introduction gives context to all the pieces and provides a penetrating account of the role of women in a burgeoning society of literary and cultural transmission.
Making Women's Medicine Masculine
Author: Monica H. Green
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN: 0199211493
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Using sources ranging from the famous 12th-century female practitioner, Trota of Salerno, through to the great tomes of Renaissance male physicians, this is a pioneering study challenging the common belief that, prior to the 18th century, men were never involved in any aspect of women's healthcare in Europe.
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN: 0199211493
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Using sources ranging from the famous 12th-century female practitioner, Trota of Salerno, through to the great tomes of Renaissance male physicians, this is a pioneering study challenging the common belief that, prior to the 18th century, men were never involved in any aspect of women's healthcare in Europe.
Knowing Woman
Author: Irene De Catillejo
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 0834830442
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
In this classic work, a noted Jungian analyst explores the division of the human psyche into masculine and feminine. Characteristic of feminine consciousness, she writes, is diffuse awareness, which recognizes the unity of all life and promotes acceptance and relationship. The masculine attitude is one of focused consciousness, the capacity to formulate ideas and to change, invent, and create. Concerned with the experience of women in a culture dominated by masculine values, the author discusses topics such as the animus (the masculine "soul image" in a woman's unconscious); women's roles in relation to work, friends, children, and lovers; and issues such as abortion, aging, and self-determination.
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 0834830442
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
In this classic work, a noted Jungian analyst explores the division of the human psyche into masculine and feminine. Characteristic of feminine consciousness, she writes, is diffuse awareness, which recognizes the unity of all life and promotes acceptance and relationship. The masculine attitude is one of focused consciousness, the capacity to formulate ideas and to change, invent, and create. Concerned with the experience of women in a culture dominated by masculine values, the author discusses topics such as the animus (the masculine "soul image" in a woman's unconscious); women's roles in relation to work, friends, children, and lovers; and issues such as abortion, aging, and self-determination.
Women, Knowledge, and Reality
Author: Ann Garry
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134719469
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
This second edition of Women, Knowledge, and Reality continues to exhibit the ways in which feminist philosophers enrich and challenge philosophy. Essays by twenty-five feminist philosophers, seventeen of them new to the second edition, address fundamental issues in philosophical and feminist methods, metaphysics, epistemology, and the philosophies of science, language, religion and mind/body. This second edition expands the perspectives of women of color, of postmodernism and French feminism, and focuses on the most recent controversies in feminist theory and philosophy. The chapters are organized by traditional fields of philosophy, and include introductions which contrast the ideas of feminist thinkers with traditional philosophers. The collected essays illustrate both the depth and breadth of feminist critiques and the range of contemporary feminist theoretical perspectives.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134719469
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
This second edition of Women, Knowledge, and Reality continues to exhibit the ways in which feminist philosophers enrich and challenge philosophy. Essays by twenty-five feminist philosophers, seventeen of them new to the second edition, address fundamental issues in philosophical and feminist methods, metaphysics, epistemology, and the philosophies of science, language, religion and mind/body. This second edition expands the perspectives of women of color, of postmodernism and French feminism, and focuses on the most recent controversies in feminist theory and philosophy. The chapters are organized by traditional fields of philosophy, and include introductions which contrast the ideas of feminist thinkers with traditional philosophers. The collected essays illustrate both the depth and breadth of feminist critiques and the range of contemporary feminist theoretical perspectives.
Women Education Scholars and their Children's Schooling
Author: Kimberly Scott
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317566157
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
This volume offers both theoretical and research-based accounts from mothers in academia who must balance their own intricate knowledge of school systems, curriculum and pedagogy with their children’s education and school lives. It explores the contextual advantages and disadvantages of "knowing too much" and how this impacts children’s actions, scholastics and developing consciousness along various lines. Additionally, it allows teachers, administrators and researchers to critically examine their own discourses and those of their students to better navigate their professional and domestic roles. Gathering narratives from academic women in traditional and nontraditional maternal roles, this volume presents both contemporary and retrospective experiences of what it’s like to raise children amidst educational and sociocultural change.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317566157
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
This volume offers both theoretical and research-based accounts from mothers in academia who must balance their own intricate knowledge of school systems, curriculum and pedagogy with their children’s education and school lives. It explores the contextual advantages and disadvantages of "knowing too much" and how this impacts children’s actions, scholastics and developing consciousness along various lines. Additionally, it allows teachers, administrators and researchers to critically examine their own discourses and those of their students to better navigate their professional and domestic roles. Gathering narratives from academic women in traditional and nontraditional maternal roles, this volume presents both contemporary and retrospective experiences of what it’s like to raise children amidst educational and sociocultural change.
Knowing Woman
Author: Jo Mills Garceau
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595472699
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
"You are gifted-but not for yourself. You must help millions of people." Jo Mills Garceau was eight years old when she received this message from her inner soul. Growing up a child of convention, she became a prominent 1970's feminist politician, then found transcendence in spiritual community, and embraced the Divine Feminine. During her search for the true meaning of life, Garceau's soul guided her. She discusses how in Knowing Woman--signs in nature, synchronous events, visions, meditations, speaking in tongues, kundalini, dreams, astrology, and more. Soul messages, she says, are the heart and truth of who we are. In Knowing Woman, Garceau invites you to reflect on your personal journey, find your voice, contribute your gift to the world, and truly embrace the sacred feminine within.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595472699
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
"You are gifted-but not for yourself. You must help millions of people." Jo Mills Garceau was eight years old when she received this message from her inner soul. Growing up a child of convention, she became a prominent 1970's feminist politician, then found transcendence in spiritual community, and embraced the Divine Feminine. During her search for the true meaning of life, Garceau's soul guided her. She discusses how in Knowing Woman--signs in nature, synchronous events, visions, meditations, speaking in tongues, kundalini, dreams, astrology, and more. Soul messages, she says, are the heart and truth of who we are. In Knowing Woman, Garceau invites you to reflect on your personal journey, find your voice, contribute your gift to the world, and truly embrace the sacred feminine within.
Knowing Women
Author: Marjorie R. Theobald
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521422321
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
A comprehensive study of female education in nineteenth-century Australia, rich in narrative detail.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521422321
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
A comprehensive study of female education in nineteenth-century Australia, rich in narrative detail.
Report from the Select Committee on Infant Life Protection
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Infant Life Protection
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Child welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Child welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Knowing Women
Author: Serena Owusua Dankwa
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108495907
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
A study of same-sex passion, desire, and intimacy among working-class women who love women in West Africa.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108495907
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
A study of same-sex passion, desire, and intimacy among working-class women who love women in West Africa.