Old Wives' Tales: The History of Remedies, Charms and Spells

by Mary Chamberlain

Overview

A history of old wives tales

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780752486796
Publisher:	The History Press
Publication date:	05/30/2012
Sold by:	INDEPENDENT PUB GROUP - EPUB - EBKS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Mary Chamberlain is a history professor at Oxford Brookes University. She has held visiting professorships at the University of the West Indies and at New York University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements     7
Old Wives
Introduction     11
From Goddess to Sorceress: Women healers in Assyria, Egypt, Greece and Rome     17
From Sorceress to Witch: The old wife in medieval Europe and seventeenth-century England     35
From Expert to Charlatan: The old wife and the medical profession in eighteenth-century England     65
Alternatives for the Sick: The old wife and the sick poor in nineteenth- and twentieth-century England     87
Conclusions: Perspectives on the medical profession and the old wife     125
Tales
Introduction to Remedies     141
Remedies     171
Notes     217
Bibliography     227
Index     335