Project Gutenberg 2010-09-06 Public domain in the USA. 1007 Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair The Old English Herbals Produced by Suzanne Lybarger, Brian Janes, Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Old English Herbals" by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work explores the rich tradition of herbals originating from Anglo-Saxon England, detailing the manuscripts and folk medicine practices that have survived through the centuries. The book serves to illuminate the connection between early medicinal practices and the cultural beliefs of the time, emphasizing the significance of herbal knowledge in both healing and spiritual rituals. At the start of the book, the author provides a preface that reflects her gratitude towards those who assisted her research, and she introduces the central theme: the examination of Anglo-Saxon herbals. Rohde discusses the rarity and significance of surviving manuscripts that document ancient herbal practices, especially in light of destruction during historical invasions. She begins to outline important texts such as the "Leech Book of Bald" and the "Lacnunga," which contain instructions for healing remedies using herbs and detail the beliefs surrounding disease, spirituality, and nature in Anglo-Saxon society. Through evocative language, Rohde hints at the deep-rooted respect for plants and their powers that characterized the worldview of early English ancestors. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 66.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Botany -- Great Britain -- History Botanical literature Herbs -- Bibliography Herbals QK Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Nature/Gardening/Animals Browsing: Science - General Category: History - British Category: History - Ancient Category: History - Religious Category: Nature/Gardening/Animals 716589 2025-06-13T15:19:04.128169 text/html 722207 2010-09-06T11:42:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1520381 2010-09-06T11:49:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1619993 2025-06-13T15:19:20.781076 application/epub+zip 1629031 2025-06-13T15:19:09.099126 application/epub+zip 331004 2025-06-13T15:19:06.693126 application/epub+zip 1884639 2025-06-13T15:19:28.262022 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1876373 2025-06-13T15:19:18.893076 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 553437 2022-09-15T11:03:34.638183 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 581319 2025-06-13T15:19:02.069172 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 581169 2010-09-06T11:42:30 text/plain; charset=utf-8 222794 2010-09-06T11:49:08 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 581192 2010-09-06T11:42:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 222320 2010-09-06T11:49:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 581381 2010-09-06T11:42:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 222113 2010-09-06T11:49:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22981 2025-06-13T15:19:28.440037 application/rdf+xml 10100 2025-06-13T15:19:07.349134 image/jpeg 2781 2025-06-13T15:19:07.020128 image/jpeg 1601508 2025-06-13T15:19:04.241187 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia