Conserving Health in Early Modern Culture: Bodies and Environments in Italy and England

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Sandra Cavallo Tessa Storey (Research Associate)

Conserving Health in Early Modern Culture

Bodies and Environments in Italy and England

Sandra Cavallo, Tessa Storey (Research Associate), Leah Astbury , Hannah Newton

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Manchester University Press
21 July 2017

Series: Social Histories of Medicine

Did early modern people care about their health? And what did it mean to lead a healthy life in Italy and England? Through a range of textual evidence, images and material artefacts Conserving health in early modern culture documents the profound impact which ideas about healthy living had on daily practices as well as on intellectual life and the material world in this period. In both countries staying healthy was understood as depending on the careful management of the six 'Non-Naturals': the air one breathed, food and drink, excretions, sleep, exercise and repose, and the 'passions of the soul'. To a close scrutiny, however, models of prevention differed considerably in Italy and England, reflecting country-specific cultural, political and medical contexts and different confessional backgrounds.

The following two chapters are available open access on a CC-BY-NC-ND license here: http://www.oapen.org/search?identifier=6331803 'Ordering the infant': caring for newborns in early modern England - Leah Astbury4 'She sleeps well and eats an egg': convalescent care in early modern England - Hannah Newton -- .

Contributions by: Leah Astbury, Hannah Newton, Hannah Newton
Edited by: Sandra Cavallo, Tessa Storey (Research Associate)
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 703g
ISBN: 9781526113474
ISBN 10: 1526113473
Series: Social Histories of Medicine
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 21 July 2017
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sandra Cavallo is Professor of Early Modern History at Royal Holloway, University of London Tessa Storey is Honorary Research Associate in Early Modern History at Royal Holloway, University of London

Reviews for Conserving Health in Early Modern Culture: Bodies and Environments in Italy and England

‘This volume represents a significant contribution to the burgeoning discussion of the non-naturals and to the comparative history of early modern European health care that will hopefully inspire further comparisons of other European examples.’ Jennifer Evans, University of Hertfordshire, Social History of Medicine Vol. 32, No. 1 History of emotions -- .