[E-BOOK] Ill Composed: Sickness, Gender, and Belief in Early Modern England
♛ Olivia Weisser ♛
| #2630109 in Books | imusti | 2016-09-27 | Original language:English | 9.10 x5.80 x.75l,.0 | File Name: 0300224303 | 296 pages | Yale University Press
|||Finalist for the 2015 Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Book Award
“Ill Composed offers a fascinating inside view of what it was like to be ill in early modern England. The special focus on gender difference is an innovativ
In the first in-depth study of how gender determined perceptions and experiences of illness in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England, Olivia Weisser invites readers into the lives and imaginations of ordinary men and women. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including personal diaries, medical texts, and devotional literature, the author enters the sickrooms of a diverse sampling of early modern Britons. The resulting stories of sickness reveal how men and w... [PDF.ul29] Ill Composed: Sickness, Gender, and Belief in Early Modern England Rating: 4.64 (662 Votes)
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Ill Composed: Sickness, Gender, and Belief in Early Modern England | Olivia Weisser.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
