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Esther RUBIO HERRÁEZ ; Mileva EINSTEIN-MARIC, ¿Por qué en la sombra

From a master to a laywoman : a feminine manual of self-help

This article analyzes master Joan's Tròtula, a late fourteenth-century Catalan text on women's health addressed to an infanta of Aragon which survives in one late fourteenth-century manuscript. It presents a hypothesis regarding its genre, its composition and use at the Catalan-Aragonese Court, and its later fortuna. It considers how Master Joan inscribed in the text a conception of women's medical needs, while also defininglay women's involvement in maintaining their health

Poder académico versus autoridad femenina : la Facultad de Medicina de París contra Jacoba Félicié (1322 )

Este artículo analiza el juicio que la Facultad de Medicina de París incoó contra Jacoba Félicié en 1322. Partiendo de las narrativas de sus pacientes, intenta interpretar la práctica médica de Jacoba y la naturaleza específica de la relación establecida con sus pacientes. Para identificar y describir esta relación, utilizamos una distinción básica entre poder y autoridad

Reseñas

Esther RUBIO HERRÁEZ ; Mileva EINSTEIN-MARIC, ¿Por qué en la sombra

From a master to a laywoman : a feminine manual of self-help

This article analyzes master Joan's Tròtula, a late fourteenth-century Catalan text on women's health addressed to an infanta of Aragon which survives in one late fourteenth-century manuscript. It presents a hypothesis regarding its genre, its composition and use at the Catalan-Aragonese Court, and its later fortuna. It considers how Master Joan inscribed in the text a conception of women's medical needs, while also defininglay women's involvement in maintaining their health