From family history to medieval cultures, I enjoy learning what my ancestors used, or may have used, on a daily basis. Here is some of my research. Expect that this will be updated periodically as I learn more.
BOOKS Allen, David E. and Hatfield, Gabrielle. Medicinal Plants in Folk Tradition: An Ethnobotany of Britain and Ireland. Portland: Timber Press, 2004 ISBN 0881926388 Grieve, Mrs. M. A Modern Herbal: The Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic and Economic Properties, Cultivation and Folk-lore of Herbs, Grasses, Fungi, Shrubs and Trees with all their Modern Scientific Uses. New York: Dover, 1971 [in two volumes] ISBN 0486227987 and 0486227995 Knab, Sophi Hodorowicz. Polish Herbs, Flowers and Folk Medicine. NY: Hippocrene Books, 1999 ISBN 0781807867 Kowalchik, Claire and Hylton, William H. eds. Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1987 ISBN 0878576991 Strehlow, Wighard and Hertzka, Gottfried. Hildegard of Bingen's Medicine. Santa Fe: Bear and Company, 1988 ISBN 0939680440
LOVE HERBS This is from the presentation given at Haire Affaire: An Affair of the Heart on 28 Mar 2009. Please note that the information presented here is for instructional purposes only. I do NOT recommend the usage given as too many of the plants listed can be dangerous to use. REFERENCES: MIRTO AND MYTH (Myrtle) http://www.produttorimirtodisardegna.it/code/pagine/id/3/LINGUA/EN THE HERB SOCIETY/UK http://www.herbsociety.co.uk/index.html THE FLOWER EXPERT: Online flowers encyclopedia http://www.theflowerexpert.com/content/mostpopularflowers/morepopularflowers/violets Allen, David E. and Hatfield, Gabrielle. Medicinal Plants in Folk Tradition: An Ethnobotany of Britain and Ireland. Portland: Timber Press, 2004 ISBN 0881926388 Knab, Sophi Hodorowicz. Polish Herbs, Flowers and Folk Medicine. NY: Hippocrene Books, 1999 ISBN 0781807867 Kowalchik, Claire and Hylton, William H. eds. Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1987 ISBN 0878576991 |
Below is the document used for the Love Herbs class. Again, I do NOT recommend the usage given.
Additional resources used:
I do NOT endorse the document below
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Medieval Plant Usage of PolandWebsites: Fuchs Botanical - 1545
http://www.med.yale.edu/library/historical/fuchs/ Websites on ethnobotany and
plants
http://ethnovetweb.com/ethnobotany.htm Checklist of non-vascular and vascular plants of
Slovakia
http://ibot.sav.sk/page/checklist.html Electronic Sites of Leading
Botany, Plant Biology and Science Journals http://www.e-journals.org/botany/ EuroDocs: Online Sources for European History
http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/History_of_Poland:_Primary_Documents Euro+Med Plant Base
http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html National Herbarium of Ukraine
http://www.nbuv.gov.ua/herbar/vask_e.htm INSTYTUT BOTANIKI UNIWERSYTETU JAGIELLONSKIEGO
http://www.ib.uj.edu.pl/en/?d=zaklady, GERMANY @
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Below are the outline and resource documents for a presentation focusing on medieval Poland given Spring 2008. Although I am not of Polish descent, I have cousins and friends who are.
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Medieval Plant Usage of Scandinavia Henriette’s Herbal Home Page http://www.henriettesherbal.com/ Index of Viking Food Preparation http://www.drakt.org/Viking/Foodpreparation/ Plants of the Omont fragment: http://www.northvegr.org/lore/omont/000.php Northvegr Foundation: Study of Othin Especially in his Relation to Agricultural Practices in Modern Popular Lore http://www.northvegr.org/lore/devries/index.php The Viking Answer Lady—see Agriculture and Bibliographies http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/index.shtml Database and information system for the vascular plants of Europe and the Mediterranean region http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html Plants of Sweden http://www.floracyberia.net/countries/sweden/index.html The Flora of Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age England http://www.regia.org/flora.htm Ethnobotanical linksEthnobotany--links to other sites, primarily medical http://ethnovetweb.com/ethnobotany.htm Slovenian link http://ibot.sav.sk/page/checklist.html CIEER - Centre For International Ethnomedicinal Education and Research Links to medical, archaelogical, paleoethnobotanical, sites, etc. http://www.cieer.org/directory.html Germany @ Flora.cyberia http://www.floracyberia.net/countries/germany/index.html Botanical Image Database based in Switzerland- Botanische Bilddatenbank http://pages.unibas.ch/botimage/ Natural England - Botany Introduction http://www.english-nature.org.uk/science/botany/ Flora of North-east England http://www.botanicalkeys.co.uk/northumbria/ Plants of Iceland: Cakile arctica, Arctic Sea Rocket http://www.iceland-nh.net/plants/data/Cakile-arctica/cakile_arctica.html Internet Directory for Botany - Alphabetical List--site for international links http://www.botany.net/IDB/bot-bc.html#b Electronic Sites of Botany, Plant Biology & Science Journals http://www.e-journals.org/botany/ |
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