This morning, I'm #_Revisiting a 2009 essay from @monicaMedHist, "Integrative Medicine: Incorporating Medicine and Health into the Canon of Medieval History," History Compass 7/4: 1218-1245
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It's so useful, because it does three things: first, points out a lack in the field (namely, medical history hasn't been central to "medieval history" like law or religion)--as she says, we should recognize that "pursuit of health my have *itself* been a driving force in" history
Second, it offers a diagnosis for why that's the case, noting that scholars of medieval medicine have often been doing the work of collating MSS and collecting evidence that isn't already organized in an archive---an inherency argument, so you know it went right to my heart!
And, third, it is a tour of so many other great pieces of scholarship---the citations throughout the essay and @monicaMedHist's analysis of the strengths of each piece are a gold mine.
@monicaMedHist The essay is both a manifesto and a map, and very much worth the time for #_Revisiting
@monicaMedHist And, it's a model of how to write a manifesto/map essay, which really, almost any subfield can use---it's a big service to others and also lets the writer set an agenda. If you don't mind, Professor Green, I've got questions! @monicaMedHist
I especially want to know first of all: what led to you writing this piece? @monicaMedHist
