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HEALING THE SICK: AN ARCHAEOBOTANICAL APPROACH TO MEDIEVAL NORDIC MONASTERIES AND MANUSCRIPTS

Blanchemain, Tiphanie Lucie LU (2024) ARKM22 20241
Historical Archaeology
Abstract
This thesis is a comparison analysis of two Nordic monastic sites -Naantali, located in Finland and Skriðuklaustur, located in Iceland- and three medieval herbals -Läkebok nr 4, Läkebok nr5 and AM 434a 12mo- from the same region. The objective is to examine the interlink between medicinal plants found in the different sources. To provide context to the analysis, the thesis first discussed medieval medicine and manuscript production, highlighting the central role occupied by monasteries during this period. Then, the study identified and compared plants with potential medicinal properties in the archaeological sites and herbals. Moreover, for the comparison analysis to be relevant, the results found for each source were confronted. The... (More)
This thesis is a comparison analysis of two Nordic monastic sites -Naantali, located in Finland and Skriðuklaustur, located in Iceland- and three medieval herbals -Läkebok nr 4, Läkebok nr5 and AM 434a 12mo- from the same region. The objective is to examine the interlink between medicinal plants found in the different sources. To provide context to the analysis, the thesis first discussed medieval medicine and manuscript production, highlighting the central role occupied by monasteries during this period. Then, the study identified and compared plants with potential medicinal properties in the archaeological sites and herbals. Moreover, for the comparison analysis to be relevant, the results found for each source were confronted. The comparative analysis concluded on the high diversity of plants with potential therapeutic effects revealed in the slight crossover between sites and manuscripts. This study could be extended to a European scale to gather more data and investigate religious symbolism in medieval medicinal plants and herbal recipes. (Less)
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author
Blanchemain, Tiphanie Lucie LU
supervisor
organization
course
ARKM22 20241
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Monasteries, medicinal plants, Medieval Medicine, manuscripts, Nordic countries, Archaeobotany, Archaeology.
language
English
id
9160193
date added to LUP
2024-06-14 16:50:51
date last changed
2024-06-14 16:50:51
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  abstract     = {{This thesis is a comparison analysis of two Nordic monastic sites -Naantali, located in Finland and Skriðuklaustur, located in Iceland- and three medieval herbals -Läkebok nr 4, Läkebok nr5 and AM 434a 12mo- from the same region. The objective is to examine the interlink between medicinal plants found in the different sources. To provide context to the analysis, the thesis first discussed medieval medicine and manuscript production, highlighting the central role occupied by monasteries during this period. Then, the study identified and compared plants with potential medicinal properties in the archaeological sites and herbals. Moreover, for the comparison analysis to be relevant, the results found for each source were confronted. The comparative analysis concluded on the high diversity of plants with potential therapeutic effects revealed in the slight crossover between sites and manuscripts. This study could be extended to a European scale to gather more data and investigate religious symbolism in medieval medicinal plants and herbal recipes.}},
  author       = {{Blanchemain, Tiphanie Lucie}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{HEALING THE SICK: AN ARCHAEOBOTANICAL APPROACH TO MEDIEVAL NORDIC MONASTERIES AND MANUSCRIPTS}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}