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Medieval Diet and Medicine: >Occitan Health Advice for the Layperson

Medieval Diet and Medicine: >Occitan Health Advice for the Layperson

Pfeffer, Wendy Eleanor

Hardcover

Series: Medical Traditions, Book 10

Medical ReferenceAncient History General

ISBN10: 3111263762
ISBN13: 9783111263762
Publisher: de Gruyter
Published: Aug 6 2024
Pages: 178
Weight: 1.08
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English

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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