Medicine, Government & Public Health in Philip II’s Spain
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Author: Michele L. Clouse
ISBN: 9781409437949
Format: HB
Extent: 208 pp.
Price: £60
Publication: December 2011
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
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Bridging the gap between histories of medicine and political/institutional histories of the early modern crown, this book explores the relationship between one of the most highly bureaucratic regimes in early modern Europe, Spain, and crown interest in and regulation of medical practices. Complementing recent histories that have emphasized the interdependent nature of governance between the crown and municipalities in sixteenth-century Spain, this study argues that medical policies were the result of negotiation and cooperation among the crown, the towns, and medical practitioners. It further challenges the dominance of studies of medical regulation from France and England and illuminates a diverse and innovative world of Spanish medical practice that has been neglected in standard histories of early modern medicine.
Posted: febrero 2nd, 2012 under Libros Académicos del Mes.
Tags: Medicine, Philip II, Public Health, Spain
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