Women, Food, and Diet in the Middle Ages : Balancing the Humours (Paperback)

Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1. Women as Healers, Women as Food Producers, 2. Medieval Theories of Nutrition and Health, 3. The Special Problems of Nutrition and Women's Health, 4. Medicine vs. Practical Medicine, 5. The Trotula and the Works of Hildegard of Bingen, 6. The Legacy of the Trotula, 7. Women's Diets and Standards of Beauty, 8. Religious Conflict and Religious Accommodation, 9. Evolving Advice for Women's Health Through Diet, Bibliography, Index