Eve's herbs : a history of contraception and abortion in the West / John M. Riddle.
Eve's herbs : a history of contraception and abortion in the West / John M. Riddle.
Eve's herbs : a history of contraception and abortion in the West / John M. Riddle.
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Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, c1997 1998 [printing]
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T0361077
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English
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341 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction: Roe v. Wade -- 1. A Woman's Secret -- 2. The Herbs Known to the Ancients -- 3. Ancient and Medieval Beliefs -- 4. From Womancraft to Witchcraft, 1200-1500 -- 5. Witches and Apothecaries in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries -- 6. The Broken Chain of Knowledge -- 7. The Womb as Pub...
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Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, c1997 1998 [printing]
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England
Date Published
c1997
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Summary
Drawing on previously unavailable material, Riddle reaches a startling conclusion: while it did not persist in a form that was available to most women, ancient knowledge about herbs was not lost in modern times but survived in coded form. Persecuted as "witchcraft" in centuries past and prosecuted as a crime in our own time, the control of fertilit...
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Eve's herbs : a history of contraception and abortion in the West / John M. Riddle.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-329) and index.
State Reference Library copy: transferred from 613.94/39.
Transferred from K0003560.
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c1997
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T0361077
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0674270266 (pbk.) :
9780674270268(pbk.) :
0674270266(pbk.) :
067427024X (alk. paper)
9780674270268 (pbk.) :
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613.94
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991005432719702626
