Women, Food, and Diet in the Middle Ages

Theresa A. Vaughan is Professor of Humanities in the department of Humanities and Philosophy, Director of the Center for the Advancement of the Liberal Arts, and Assistant Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Central Oklahoma. She obtained her Ph.D. in Folklore with a double minor in Anthropology from Indiana University. Her work focuses on women’s folklore, foodways, and the Middle Ages. She is co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Women’s Folklore and Folklife with Liz Locke and Pauline Greenhill, and serves on the editorial boards of Digest: A Journal of Foodways and Culture and Journal of Folklore Research.

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One: Women as Healers, Women as Food Producers
Chapter Two: Medieval Theories of Nutrition and Health
Chapter Three: The Special Problems of Nutrition and Women's Health
Chapter Four: Medicine vs. Practical Medicine
Chapter Five: The Trotula and the Works of Hildegard of Bingen
Chapter Six: The Legacy of the Trotula
Chapter Seven: Women's Diets and Standards of Beauty
Chapter Eight: Religious Conflict and Religious Accommodation
Chapter Nine: Evolving Advice for Women's Health Through Diet
Bibliography
Index