Medievalists.net » Troy Book 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 Virtues of Balm in the Late Medieval Period http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/08/the-virtues-of-balm-in-the-late-medieval-period/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/08/the-virtues-of-balm-in-the-late-medieval-period/#comments Sat, 08 Sep 2012 05:01:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35475 The nature of balsam and its qualities, especially the ability to act as an extraordinarily effective preservative, demands further inquiry. Is this Lydgate’s invention, or instead a reflection of late medieval ideas about a particular natural substance?

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