Fresh examinations of the role of medicinal plants in medieval thought
and practice and how they contributed to broader ideas concerning the body, religion and
identity.The important and ever-shifting role of medicinal plants in medieval science, art,
culture, and thought, both in the Latin Western medical tradition and in Byzantine and
medieval Arabic medicine, is the focus of this new collection. Following a general
introduction and a background chapter on Late Antique and medieval theories of wellness and
therapy, in-depth essays treat such wide-ranging topics as medicine and astrology, charms
and magical remedies, herbal glossaries, illuminated medical manuscripts, women's
reproductive medicine, dietary cooking, gardens in social and political context, and
recreated medieval gardens. They make a significant contribution to our understanding ofthe
place of medicinal plants in medieval thought and practice, and thus lead to a greater
appreciation of how medieval theories and therapies from diverse places developed in
continuously evolving and cross-pollinating strands,and, in turn, how they contributed to
broader ideas concerning the body, religion, identity, and the human relationship with the
natural world. CONTRIBUTORS: ALAIN TOUWAIDE, LINDA EHRSAM VOIGTS, PETER DENDLE, TERENCE
SCULLY, MARIA AMALIA D'ARONCO, PHILIP G. RUSCHE, MARIJANE OSBORN, PETER MURRAY JONES, GEORGE
R. KEISER, EXPIRACION GARCIA SANCHEZ, DEIRDRE LARKIN

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