Making and Marketing Medicine in Renaissance Florence

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-90-420-3156-2
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 89, 356 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 753 g

Reihe: Clio Medica

What did you do when you fell ill in fifteenth-century Florence? How did you get the medicines that you needed at a price you could afford? What would you find when you entered an apothecary’s shop? This richly detailed study of the Speziale al Giglio in Florence provides surprising answers, demonstrating the continued importance of highly personalised medical practice late into the fifteenth century. Drawing on extensive archival research, it shows how personal relationships and mutual trust, rather than market forces, made payment possible even for those with limited incomes. Examining the spaces, people and products involved, Making and Marketing Medicine investigates the roles played by sociability, information networks and regulation in creating communities as well as in promoting health in Renaissance Italy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shaw, James

Welch, Evelyn

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Images

List of Tables

List of Charts

Abbreviations

Glossary

Currencies, Weights and Measures

Introduction and Acknowledgements

Selling Health

The Shop and the City

Keeping Shop

Customers and Credit

People and their Purchases

Recovering Debts

Products

Wax

Sugar and Spices

Medicines

Epilogue

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dr James Shaw (University of Sheffield) is a specialist in the history of Early Modern Italy, with a particular interest in market laws, norms and practices. His previous book The Justice of Venice (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006) won the Gladstone Prize of the Royal Historical Society in 2006.

Professor Evelyn Welch (Queen Mary, University of London) is a specialist in Renaissance and Early Modern material culture. Her book Shopping in the Renaissance (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005) was joint winner of the Wolfson Prize in 2005.