Medical cultures of the Early modern Spanish empire / edited by John Slater, Maríaluz López-Terrada, and José Pardo-Tomás.
As the Spanish empire grew, cultural ideas and practices related to sickness and health, sex, monstrosity and death came into contact and conflict. Old ideas took root in new soil, others were stamped out, and new cultures arose. This collection examines the dynamic context in which medical cultures...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Farnham, Surrey ; Burlingotn Vt. :
Ashgate,
2014.
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| Series: | New hispanisms.
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| Summary: | As the Spanish empire grew, cultural ideas and practices related to sickness and health, sex, monstrosity and death came into contact and conflict. Old ideas took root in new soil, others were stamped out, and new cultures arose. This collection examines the dynamic context in which medical cultures circulated to propose new interpretations of the reception, appropriation, and elaboration of medical cultures in the vast territories controlled by the Spanish monarchy. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781472428141 1472428145 1472428137 9781472428134 1317098382 9781317098386 1317098374 9781317098379 9781315594651 131559465X |