Eves Herbs

Informationen zum Autor John M. Riddle is Chair of the History Department and Alumni Distinguished Professor! North Carolina State University. Klappentext and prosecuted as a crime in our own time! the control of fertility by "Eve's herbs" has been practiced by Western women since ancient times. Zusammenfassung In Contraception and Abortion from the Ancient World to the Renaissance, Riddle showed that women from ancient Egyptian times to the fifteenth century had relied on an extensive pharmacopoeia of herbal abortifacients and contraceptives to regulate fertility. Here, he explores why knowledge of these methods was lost in modern times. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction: Roe v. Wade 1. A Woman's Secret 2. The Herbs Known to Ancients 3. Ancient and Medieval Beliefs 4. From Womancraft to Witchcraft! 1200-1500 5. Witches and Apothecaries in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries 6. The Broken Chain of Knowledge 7. The Womb as Public Territory 8. Eve's Herbs in Modern America Epilogue Notes Index

Klappentext
and prosecuted as a crime in our own time, the control of fertility by "Eve's herbs" has been practiced by Western women since ancient times.


Zusammenfassung
In Contraception and Abortion from the Ancient World to the Renaissance, Riddle showed that women from ancient Egyptian times to the fifteenth century had relied on an extensive pharmacopoeia of herbal abortifacients and contraceptives to regulate fertility. Here, he explores why knowledge of these methods was lost in modern times.

Inhalt
Introduction - Roe versus Wade; a woman's secret; the herbs known to the ancients; ancient and medieval beliefs; from womancraft to witchcraft, 1200-1500; witches and apothecaries in the 16th and 17th centuries; the broken chain of knowledge; the womb as public territory; Eve's herbs in modern America.

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