{"product_id":"henry-daniel-and-the-rise-of-middle-english-medical-writing-hardback-9781487529536","title":"Henry Daniel and the Rise of Middle English Medical Writing (Hardback) 9781487529536","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHenry Daniel and the Rise of Middle English Medical Writing\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSarah Star (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487529536\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 April 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 1.8 cm, 0.46 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry Daniel, fourteenth-century medical writer, Dominican friar, and contemporary of Chaucer, is one of the most neglected figures to whom we can attribute a substantial body of extant works in Middle English. His \u003ci\u003eLiber Uricrisiarum\u003c\/i\u003e, the earliest known medical text in Middle English, synthesizes authoritative traditions into a new diagnostic encyclopedia characterized by its stylistic verve and intellectual scope.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on expertise from a range of scholars, this volume examines Daniel\u0026amp;#x2019;s capacious works and demonstrates their significance to many scholarly conversations, including the history of late medieval medicine. It explains the background for Daniel\u0026amp;#x2019;s uroscopic and herbal work, describes all known versions of the \u003ci\u003eLiber Uricrisiarum \u003c\/i\u003eand traces revisions over time, analyses Daniel\u0026amp;#x2019;s representations of his own medical practice, and demonstrates his influence on later medical and literary writers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBoth a companion to the recently published reading edition of the \u003ci\u003eLiber Uricrisiarum \u003c\/i\u003eand a work of original scholarship in its own right, this collection\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003epromotes a wider understanding of Daniel\u0026amp;#x2019;s texts and prompts new discoveries about their importance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eSigils of Witnesses\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Reading Henry Daniel\u003cbr\u003eSarah Star\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart One: Contexts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Latin Traditions of Uroscopy\u003cbr\u003eFaith Wallis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Translation, Comparison, and Adaptation: Latin Verse Herbals in the Aaron Danielis\u003cbr\u003eWinston Black\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Henry Daniel and His Medical Contemporaries in England\u003cbr\u003ePeter Murray Jones\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Two: Texts and Legacy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Textual Layers in the Liber Uricrisiarum\u003cbr\u003eE. Ruth Harvey\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Heirs of Henry Daniel: The Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Legacy of the Liber Uricrisiarum\u003cbr\u003eM. Teresa Tavormina\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. \"Her ovn self seid me\": The Function of Anecdote in Henry Daniel\u0026amp;#x2019;s Liber Uricrisiarum\u003cbr\u003eHannah Bower\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The \"almost-Latin\" Medical Language of Late Medieval England\u003cbr\u003eSarah Star\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Liber Uricrisiarum Content Guide\u003cbr\u003eManuscript Index\u003cbr\u003eWorks Cited\u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595785236760,"sku":"9781487529536","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/henry-daniel-and-the-rise-of-middle-english-medical-writing-hardback-9781487529536","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}