The Trotula: An English Translation of the Medieval Compendium of Women's Medicine (The Middle Ages Series) Edition Unstated

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The Trotula was the most influential compendium of women's medicine in medieval Europe. Scholarly debate has long focused on the traditional attribution of the work to the mysterious Trotula, said to have been the first female professor of medicine in eleventh- or twelfth-century Salerno, just south of Naples, then the leading center of medical learning in Europe. Yet as Monica H. Green reveals in her introduction to the first English translation ever based upon a medieval form of the text, the Trotula is not a single treatise but an ensemble of three independent works, each by a different author. To varying degrees, these three works reflect the synthesis of indigenous practices of southern Italians with the new theories, practices, and medicinal substances coming out of the Arabic world.

Green here presents a complete English translation of the so-called standardized Trotula ensemble, a composite form of the texts that was produced in the midthirteenth century and circulated widely in learned circles. The work is now accessible to a broad audience of readers interested in medieval history, women's studies, and premodern systems of medical thought and practice.

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"This long-awaited book makes available an English translation of a set of texts which represents the most important collection of material on women's diseases and their treatments for the period from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries."—Social History of Medicine

"The Trotula: A Medieval Compendium of Women's Medicine furnishes students and scholars with an invaluable reference. Backed by more than twenty years of scrupulous research and publication, as well as an insightful methodology, it also provides them with an object of inspiration. Green's work is a remarkable example of scholarship."—Comitatus

"Thanks to Monica H. Green's splendid new critical edition and translation . . . one of the toughest nuts of medieval medical learning has been cracked. . . . The introduction and translation are spirited and readable; both could be profitably assigned to undergraduates and would provide an excellent entry not only into medieval women's medicine but also into the rich worlds of medical practice and textual transmission."—Speculum

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Monica H. Green is Professor of History at Arizona State University. Her dual-language critical edition of the Trotula is also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

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Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press; Edition Unstated (June 25, 2002)
Language : English
Paperback : 248 pages
ISBN-10 : 0812218086
ISBN-13 : 978-0812218084
Item Weight : 13.6 ounces
Dimensions : 6 x 0.56 x 9 inches

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Tracy E. Uhnak

What a fascinating collection of treatments for women's ailments. ...

Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2016

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What a fascinating collection of treatments for women's ailments. Of course, none of them are medically sound, but they sure did try hard.../

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L. Puckett

It's a good translation.

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2017

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it's a translation of a medieval medical manual for women - most of the questions don't really apply. It's a good translation.

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Richard Shain Cohen

The Medieval Medical View of Women

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This is for someone interested in the evolution of medicine from the medieval period forward. It also gives one an insight into the manner in which women have been treated socially, as well as medically. From a 21st Century prospective it is fascinating and also frightening.

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The Trotula: An English Translation of the Medieval Compendium of Women's Medicine

Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2007

Extremely helpful. I was researching medieval OB/Gyn Care and this book was a great source of information.

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Aliki

Excellent

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 21, 2013

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I used this to do my dissertation this year, absolutely excellent for university students or for anyone who has an interest in medieval medicine.

Mel SD

Very cool

Reviewed in Canada on April 28, 2018

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I love this book. Modern English on one side of the page, original language on the other side. Not just historical medical information, but also herbalism and beauty treatments. A thick and well-rounded book.

Tanja Kinkel

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Reviewed in Germany on November 27, 2011

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Wenn man sich für mittelalterliche Medizin im allgemeinen und die ärztliche Behandlung von und durch Frauen im besonderen interessiert, ist dieses Buch eine Goldgrube. Es war eine meiner wichtigsten Quellen für meinen Roman "Das Spiel der Nachtigall".

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Marge

Enfin un livre qui s'intéresse à une femme médecin du moyen âge

Reviewed in France on February 10, 2018

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The Trotula est une traduction des livres de Trotula et l'introduction est passionnante, manque peut-être la vie quotidienne de Salerne et les maladies spécifiques de cette région et concernant les femmes. Mais ce livre est une rareté absolue !

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Mi è servito

Reviewed in Italy on December 17, 2020

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Bel libro

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