{"product_id":"visualizing-household-health-medieval-women-art-and-knowledge-in-the-regime-du-corps-paperback","title":"Visualizing Household Health: Medieval Women, Art, and Knowledge in the Régime Du Corps - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJennifer Borland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1256, the countess of Provence, Beatrice of Savoy, enlisted her personal physician to create a health handbook to share with her daughters. Written in French and known as the \u003ci\u003eRégime du corps\u003c\/i\u003e, this health guide would become popular and influential, with nearly seventy surviving copies made over the next two hundred years and translations in at least four other languages. In \u003ci\u003eVisualizing Household Health\u003c\/i\u003e, art historian Jennifer Borland uses the \u003ci\u003eRégime \u003c\/i\u003eto show how gender and health care converged within the medieval household.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eVisualizing Household Health \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the nature of the households portrayed in the \u003ci\u003eRégime\u003c\/i\u003e and how their members interacted with professionalized medicine. Borland focuses on several illustrated versions of the manuscript that contain historiated initials depicting simple scenes related to health care, such as patients' consultations with physicians, procedures like bloodletting, and foods and beverages recommended for good health. Borland argues that these images provide important details about the nature of women's agency in the home--and offer highly compelling evidence that women enacted multiple types of health care. Additionally, she contends, the \u003ci\u003eRégime\u003c\/i\u003e opens a window onto the history of medieval women as owners, patrons, and readers of books. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterdisciplinary in scope, this book broadens notions of the medieval medical community and the role of women in medieval health care. It will be welcomed by scholars and students of women's history, art history, book history, and the history of medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eJennifer Borland\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Art History and Director of the Humanities Initiative at Oklahoma State University. She is a founding member of the Material Collective and managing editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eDifferent Visions\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.8 x 8.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 23, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773179592992,"sku":"9780271093468","price":89.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/de21a436e2f76a1df82612732704052b.webp?v=1780421298","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/visualizing-household-health-medieval-women-art-and-knowledge-in-the-regime-du-corps-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}