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Record Number: 10014 Author(s)/Creator(s): Nenno , Nancy P. Contributor(s): Title: Between Magic and Medicine: Medieval Images of the Woman Healer [the figures of Queen Îsôt and Feimurgan demonstrate worries that women healers provoked: unregulated practices, superstition, use of magic, even dependence on demonic aid]. Source: Women Healers and Physicians: Climbing a Long Hill.  Edited by Lilian R. Furst.  University Press of Kentucky, 1997.  Pages 43 - 63. Description: Article Type: Essay Subject (See Also): Gottfried von Strassburg, Poet- Tristan Hartmann von Aue, Poet- Erec Healers and Healing in Literature Literature- Verse Magic in Literature Medicine in Literature Witches Women in Literature Award Note: Geographic Area: Germany Century: 12-13 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Table: Abstract: Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: Wellesley College Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 1997. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: Not Available

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