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Medieval Diet and Medicine : ›Occitan Health Advice for the Layperson‹ / ed. by Wendy Eleanor Pfeffer.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Medical Traditions ; 10Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2024]Copyright date: 2024Description: 1 online resource (XII, 166 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783111263762
  • 9783111268125
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610.9
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Charts and Figures -- Part 1: Presentation of Occitan Health Advice for the Layperson -- Part 2: The Occitan Text and its English Translation -- Bibliography -- Indexes
Summary: This volume offers a new critical edition with facing English translation and a detailed study of the medieval manual of dietetics Occitan Health Advice dating from the 13th century and probably compiled in the milieu of Montpellier’s university. This Advice on health and well-being is a unique example of medical writing: composed in Occitan (formerly called Old Provençal), the vernacular language of southern France; it provided a wealth of medical information and guidance for a literate nonspecialist reader interested in a healthful life. This Advice will interest medical historians, literary scholars, and linguists, as well as readers curious about the Middle Ages, for all of whom it provides invaluable information on medieval daily life, dietary regimen, and healthy habits.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9783111268125

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Charts and Figures -- Part 1: Presentation of Occitan Health Advice for the Layperson -- Part 2: The Occitan Text and its English Translation -- Bibliography -- Indexes

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This volume offers a new critical edition with facing English translation and a detailed study of the medieval manual of dietetics Occitan Health Advice dating from the 13th century and probably compiled in the milieu of Montpellier’s university. This Advice on health and well-being is a unique example of medical writing: composed in Occitan (formerly called Old Provençal), the vernacular language of southern France; it provided a wealth of medical information and guidance for a literate nonspecialist reader interested in a healthful life. This Advice will interest medical historians, literary scholars, and linguists, as well as readers curious about the Middle Ages, for all of whom it provides invaluable information on medieval daily life, dietary regimen, and healthy habits.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Nov 2024)