Medievalists.net » Botany http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The history of foxglove poisoning, was Edward IV a victim? http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/30/history-foxglove-poisoning-edward-iv-victim/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/30/history-foxglove-poisoning-edward-iv-victim/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:41:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49300 The history of foxglove poisoning, was Edward IV a victim? Peter Stride (University of Queensland School of Medicine, Australia) Fiona Winston-Brown (Librarian, Redcliffe Hospital, Australia) Richard III Society: Inc. Vol. 43 No. 1 March (2012) Abstract Edward IV, having been obese, but otherwise apparently in good health, died after an acute illness of only a […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/30/history-foxglove-poisoning-edward-iv-victim/feed/ 0 Anesthesia Drugs in the Medieval Muslim Era http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/25/anesthesia-drugs-in-the-medieval-muslim-era/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/25/anesthesia-drugs-in-the-medieval-muslim-era/#comments Sat, 25 Jan 2014 23:39:41 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46987 In the Middle Ages, Christian Europe was in a state of intellectual stagnation and the theological doctrine that pain serves God's purpose and must not be alleviated militated against the improvement in methods of narcosis. Nuland points out that the Middle Ages in Europe were dark ages so far as advances in the pharmacology of anesthesia were concerned.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/25/anesthesia-drugs-in-the-medieval-muslim-era/feed/ 0 Theodora, Aetius of Amida, and Procopius: Some Possible Connections http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/29/theodora-aetius-of-amida-and-procopius-some-possible-connections/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/29/theodora-aetius-of-amida-and-procopius-some-possible-connections/#comments Sun, 29 Dec 2013 13:52:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46154 Behind the purported facts of Theodora’s career as a common prostitute and later as empress are the hidden details of what we might call feminine pharmacology: what were the drugs used by prostitutes and call-girls in sixth-century Byzan- tium? Were there ordinary pharmaceuticals employed by such professionals to stay in business?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/29/theodora-aetius-of-amida-and-procopius-some-possible-connections/feed/ 0 Horticulture and Health in the Middle Ages: Images from the Tacuinum Sanitatis http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/14/horticulture-and-health-in-the-middle-ages-images-from-the-tacuinum-sanitatis/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/14/horticulture-and-health-in-the-middle-ages-images-from-the-tacuinum-sanitatis/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:49:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40472 The relationships between plants and health have been and continue to be of great concern for humankind considering both diet and medicinal uses.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/14/horticulture-and-health-in-the-middle-ages-images-from-the-tacuinum-sanitatis/feed/ 0 Fishponds as garden features: the example from the Archbishop’s Palace, Trondheim http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/09/fishponds-as-garden-features-the-example-from-the-archbishops-palace-trondheim/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/09/fishponds-as-garden-features-the-example-from-the-archbishops-palace-trondheim/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2012 05:53:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=33539 Until the 1990’s, however, little was known of the nature of the buildings in the eastern and southern wing of the courtyard in the palace for the time until 1640.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/09/fishponds-as-garden-features-the-example-from-the-archbishops-palace-trondheim/feed/ 0 The Plants used in a Viking Age Garden A.D. 800-1050 http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/27/the-plants-used-in-a-viking-age-garden-a-d-800-1050/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/27/the-plants-used-in-a-viking-age-garden-a-d-800-1050/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:56:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=33234 Overpopulation in the Scandinavian countries created the Viking society, whose tradesmen, settlers and sea warriors had a considerable influences on the European countries. In return, influenced by what they saw, they brought back goods of all kinds, probably also seeds and posssibly plants.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/27/the-plants-used-in-a-viking-age-garden-a-d-800-1050/feed/ 0 Flowers for the Book-binder’s Wife: An Investigation of Florilegia and Early Modern Women’s Writing http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/22/flowers-for-the-book-binders-wife-an-investigation-of-florilegia-and-early-modern-womens-writing/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/22/flowers-for-the-book-binders-wife-an-investigation-of-florilegia-and-early-modern-womens-writing/#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:59:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=31152 To an early modern, nothing could be fully learned through a “hands off” approach. Heidi Brayman Hackel corroborates this with her book, Reading Material. Critical to early modern thoughts on comprehension was “taking note,” a phrasing that carried the double implication of both noticing and annotating...

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/22/flowers-for-the-book-binders-wife-an-investigation-of-florilegia-and-early-modern-womens-writing/feed/ 0 The mandrake plant and its legend: a new perspective http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/08/the-mandrake-plant-and-its-legend-a-new-perspective/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/08/the-mandrake-plant-and-its-legend-a-new-perspective/#comments Sun, 08 Apr 2012 18:53:20 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=30870 As a specialist in German mediaeval studies, until the time Peter Bierbaumer introduced me to Old English plant names and approached me with the idea of republishing and updating his Der botanische Wortschatz des AltenglischenI had no idea how fascinating Old English could be.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/08/the-mandrake-plant-and-its-legend-a-new-perspective/feed/ 0 Fossils as Drugs: pharmaceutical palaeontology http://www.medievalists.net/2012/01/08/fossils-as-drugs-pharmaceutical-palaeontology/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/01/08/fossils-as-drugs-pharmaceutical-palaeontology/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:41:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=28439 The present paper surveys the medicinal applications of a number of fossils which were well known in classical, mediaeval and renaissance times....

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/01/08/fossils-as-drugs-pharmaceutical-palaeontology/feed/ 0 Herbs of the Field and Herbs of the Garden in Byzantine Medicinal Pharmacy http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/19/herbs-of-the-field-and-herbs-of-the-garden-in-byzantine-medicinal-pharmacy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/19/herbs-of-the-field-and-herbs-of-the-garden-in-byzantine-medicinal-pharmacy/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:44:57 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=28058 An interested student or scholar wishing to inquire about the essentials of herbalism in the Byzantine Empire likely will be led into the Greek texts on gardens, well illustrated by the Christian “dream garden” as published in Greek...

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