Love Cures

Description:

"Examines literary portrayals of women who practice healing and love magic, and argues that these figures were modeled on informally trained practitioners common in the magico-medical paradigm of the high Middle Ages, and were well-respected and successful"--Provided by publisher.

subjects: History and criticism,  French literature,  Healing in literature,  Love in literature,  Women healers in literature,  Magic in literature,  Romances,  Romances, history and criticism,  French literature, history and criticism, to 1500,  Women in literature

Times: To 1500