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Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany

Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany

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Number of Chapters: 16

Length: 05 hours and 25 minutes

Language: English

Eminent British botanist Agnes Arber provides an authoritative history of printed Herbals -- books widely used in early modern Europe to catalogue the uses of different kinds of plants. While Herbals often reflected pre-scientific and magical beliefs about the properties of plants, Arber's work reveals that they were also critical to the early development of botany and medicine as empirical sciences. A classic in the history of science. - Summary by Josh Leach

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Preface (Josh Leach)
I: The Early History of Botany (Josh Leach)
II: The Earliest Printed Herbals (Fifteenth Century) (mokka)
III: The Early History of the Herbal in England (KevinS)
IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 1. The Herbal in Germany (mokka)
IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 2. The Herbal in the Low Countries (Shashank Jakhmola)
IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 3. The Herbal in Italy (Shashank Jakhmola)
IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 4. The Herbal in Switzerland (Shashank Jakhmola)
IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 5. The Herbal in France (Lynette Caulkins)
IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 6. The Herbal in England (mokka)
IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 7. The Revival of Aristotelian Botany (mokka)
V: The Evolution of the Art of Plant Description (Josh Leach)
VI: The Evolution of Plant Classification (KHand)
VII: The Evolution of the Art of Botanical Illustration (KHand)
VIII: The Doctrine of Signatures and Astrological Botany (KHand)
IX: Conclusions (KHand)
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