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El llegat i l’empremta femenina en la cura del cos a la baixa edat mitjana
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[cat] La Història s'ha esforçat a silenciar i esborrar el paper de la dona en
l'àmbit de la medicina. Pressionades per l'Església, la societat i tenint vetada l’accés a les
universitats, les dones baixmedievals, malgrat tot, exerciren de metgesses, ginecòlogues,
parteres, farmacèutiques i, en l'àmbit domèstic, prepararen remeis per a la salut, la cura
del cos i dels malalts. A la baixa edat mitjana, en un món dominat pels homes i lluny del
paper que se'ls atorgava només néixer, aquestes mares, dones i filles van anar
transmetent oralment els seus coneixements sobre la medicina popular. Algunes, fins i tot,
van arribar a escriure tractats mèdics i d’altres, ho varen fer de manera anònima. Partint
d’estudis i investigacions prèvies, circumscrites a l'àmbit acadèmic o limitades a
publicacions especialitzades d’història, visibilitzarem a través de l’estudi de restes
esquelètiques, procedents dels entorns de l’església de Sant Miquel de Forès, del Castell
de Besora i el Serrat dels Espinyers, el paper de les dones en l’atenció i cura dels malalts
i malaltes.
[eng] History has struggled to silence and erase the role of women in the field of medicine. Pressured by the Church, society and barred from access to universities, late medieval women, in spite of everything, worked as doctors, gynecologists, midwives, pharmacists and, in the domestic sphere, prepared remedies for health, care of the body and the sick. In the late Middle Ages, in a world dominated by men and far from the role they were given only to be born, these mothers, women and daughters were orally transmitting their knowledge of folk medicine. Some even wrote medical treatises, and others did so anonymously. Based on previous studies and research, limited to the academic field or limited to specialized publications of history, we will make visible through the study of skeletal human remains, from the surroundings of the church of Sant Miquel de Forès, Castell de Besora and Serrat dels Espinyers the role of women in the care the sick.
[eng] History has struggled to silence and erase the role of women in the field of medicine. Pressured by the Church, society and barred from access to universities, late medieval women, in spite of everything, worked as doctors, gynecologists, midwives, pharmacists and, in the domestic sphere, prepared remedies for health, care of the body and the sick. In the late Middle Ages, in a world dominated by men and far from the role they were given only to be born, these mothers, women and daughters were orally transmitting their knowledge of folk medicine. Some even wrote medical treatises, and others did so anonymously. Based on previous studies and research, limited to the academic field or limited to specialized publications of history, we will make visible through the study of skeletal human remains, from the surroundings of the church of Sant Miquel de Forès, Castell de Besora and Serrat dels Espinyers the role of women in the care the sick.
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Treballs Finals de Grau Arqueologia, Facultat de Geografia i Història, Universitat de Barcelona, Curs: 2020-2021, Tutor: Karen Alvaro Rueda
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PARDO MARGARIT, Miryam. El llegat i l’empremta femenina en la cura del cos a la baixa edat mitjana. [consulted: 6 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/183065