A Middle English verse compendium of astrological medicine

A middle English verse compendium of astrological medicine.

IN late medieval England, the number of persons literate in the vernacular was growing rapidly.' The same interest in self-improvement which led these people to learn to read also led them to seek out, or to sponsor the production of, works that would make available to them knowledge from both antique and earlier medieval sources knowledge to which as yet, for the most part, only those who coul...

Medicine in the English middle ages

other writers driven by the agendas of cognitive neuroscience, is the meaning of reference to "psychology", "neurophilosophy", or "neuroscience" in the early modern period. In spite of the enormous attention to historical scholarship, books like this one have no intention of being side-tracked by the question whether the categories in terms of which we assemble knowledge are themselves historic...

Compendium of Medicine

The Rhythmic Structure of English Verse

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Quatrain Form in English Folk Verse

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