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The Trotula: An English Translation of the Medieval Compendium of Women's Medicine (The Middle Ages Series) Paperback – June 25, 2002

by Monica H. Green (Translator)
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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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    The Middle Ages
  2. Print length
    248 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    University of Pennsylvania Press
  5. Publication date
    June 25, 2002
  6. Dimensions
    6.25 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0812218086
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0812218084
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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

"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

"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

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The Trotula was the most influential compendium on women's medicine in medieval Europe. Green here presents the first modern English translation of the so-called standardized Trotula ensemble, a composite form of the texts that was produced in the mid-thirteenth century and circulated widely in learned circles.

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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 ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches
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Magickmix
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting read on sympathetic magick
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2023
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Crazy what we did to each other back then but this book shows what we were trying to do. Funky old "dark ages" mentality exactly as was written back then.
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L. Puckett
5.0 out of 5 stars 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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Tracy E. Uhnak
5.0 out of 5 stars What a fascinating collection of treatments for women's ailments. ...
Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 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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Richard Shain Cohen
4.0 out of 5 stars The Medieval Medical View of Women
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2014
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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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Iris van der Meer
5.0 out of 5 stars Trotula
Reviewed in Germany on July 20, 2023
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Ein nischen Buch, nur etwas für Leute die etwas über die "Frauensachen" aus dem Mittelalter wissen wollen.
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Guido Gardumi
5.0 out of 5 stars Mi è servito
Reviewed in Italy on December 17, 2020
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Bel libro
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Mae
5.0 out of 5 stars 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.
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Marge
4.0 out of 5 stars 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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Aliki
5.0 out of 5 stars 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.
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