Eve's Herbs by John M Riddle

Eve's Herbs by John M Riddle

The question addressed in this book is: if women once had access to effective means of birth control, why was this knowledge lost to them in modern times? The author asks what women knew about regulating fertility with herbs, and shows how the new intellectual, religious and legal climate of the early modern period tended to cast suspicion on women who employed the "secret knowledge" to terminate or prevent pregnancy. Knowledge of the menstral-regulating qualities of rue, pennyroyal and other herbs was widespread through the centuries among herbalists, apothecaries, doctors, and laywomen themselves, even as theologians and legal scholars began advancing the idea that the foetus was fully human from the moment of conception.

John Riddle was born into a christian family in north London, saved as a boy of 13, and received into fellowship in New Barnet, Hertfordshire at the age of 15. Throughout his business life he was employed by shipping companies, latterly as a pension fund manager. On early retirement in 1989 he undertook part-time consultative work for some years. He travels widely, principally in the British Isles, conducting Bible Readings and ministering the Word of God and contributes to assembly periodical

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Titel	Eve's Herbs
Autor	John M Riddle
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Harvard University Press
Erscheinungsjahr	1997-06-30
Seitenanzahl	348
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