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Conserving Health in Early Modern Culture: Bodies and Environments in Italy and England
David Cantor
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Description for Conserving Health in Early Modern Culture: Bodies and Environments in Italy and England
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Did early modern people care about their health? And what did it mean to lead a healthy life in Italy and England? Through a range of textual evidence, images and material artefacts Conserving health in early modern culture documents the profound impact which ideas about healthy living had on daily practices as well as on intellectual life and the material world in this period. In both countries staying healthy was understood as depending on the careful management of the six 'Non-Naturals': the air one breathed, food and drink, excretions, sleep, exercise and repose, and the 'passions of the soul'. ... Read more
Did early modern people care about their health? And what did it mean to lead a healthy life in Italy and England? Through a range of textual evidence, images and material artefacts Conserving health in early modern culture documents the profound impact which ideas about healthy living had on daily practices as well as on intellectual life and the material world in this period. In both countries staying healthy was understood as depending on the careful management of the six 'Non-Naturals': the air one breathed, food and drink, excretions, sleep, exercise and repose, and the 'passions of the soul'. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Social Histories of Medicine
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781526113474
SKU
V9781526113474
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About David Cantor
Sandra Cavallo is Professor of Early Modern History at Royal Holloway, University of London Tessa Storey is Honorary Research Associate in Early Modern History at Royal Holloway, University of London -- .
Reviews for Conserving Health in Early Modern Culture: Bodies and Environments in Italy and England
'This volume represents a significant contribution to the burgeoning discussion of the non-naturals and to the comparative history of early modern European health care that will hopefully inspire further comparisons of other European examples.' Jennifer Evans, University of Hertfordshire, Social History of Medicine Vol. 32, No. 1 History of emotions
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