Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany
Author(s): Agnes Arber
Genre(s): Early Modern, Life Sciences
Narrators: Josh Leach, Mokka, KevinS, Shashank Jakhmola, Lynette Caulkins, KHand
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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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)
The audiobook Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany falls under the genres of Early Modern, Life Sciences. It is written by Agnes Arber.