Critical Approaches to the History of Western Herbal Medicine: From Classical Antiquity to the Early Modern Period

FC......Page 1
Half title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures and Tables......Page 8
Notice to Readers......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 10
List of Contributors......Page 11
Foreword......Page 15
 Anne Stobart and Susan Francia......Page 18
Part 1 Revisiting Original Texts: Comparative Textual Analysis and New Perspectives on Original Sources......Page 38
  Susan Francia and Anne Stobart......Page 40
  Vicki Pitman......Page 44
  Anne Van Arsdall......Page 64
  Elaine Hobby......Page 84
  Graeme Tobyn......Page 104
Part 2 Using Archival Sources: Extending the Evidence Available......Page 122
  Susan Francia and Anne Stobart......Page 124
  Susan Francia......Page 128
  Nicky Wesson......Page 148
  Richard Aspin......Page 166
Part 3 Focusing on One Individual: Biographical and Other Textual Sources......Page 184
  Susan Francia and Anne Stobart......Page 186
  John Wilkins......Page 190
  Alison Denham and Midge Whitelegg......Page 208
  Marie Addyman......Page 228
  Jill Francis......Page 246
Part 4 The Multi-disciplinary Nature of the History of Herbal Medicine, and Contributions from Archaeology and Ethnobotany......Page 264
  Susan Francia and Anne Stobart......Page 266
  Brian Moffat......Page 270
  Anna Waldstein......Page 288
  Anne Stobart and Susan Francia......Page 306
Select Glossary......Page 316
Bibliography......Page 320
Index......Page 354