"To speke of phisik": Medical Discourse in Late Medieval English Culture.

Author / Editor
Leahy, Michael.

Title
"To speke of phisik": Medical Discourse in Late Medieval English Culture.

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International C74.10 (2015): n.p.

Description
Considers the addition of medical terminology to the lexicons of medieval laypeople, with particular regard to its use in metaphor. Authors under consideration include Chaucer, Henryson, Rolle, and Kempe.

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies