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I rimedi per raffinare la bellezza del corpo secondo l’insegnamento di Trotula di Salerno

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Głusiuk A.

Saeculum Christianum. Pismo Historyczne

2015

vol. 22

23-35

Trotula of Salerno lived in the eleventh century Italy and was one of the few women who received an excellent education. Trotula was an unusual woman who thanks to her talents became famous not only in Salerno, but also in whole Italy and outside of the country. Her name can be found in the different medieval writings as for example in the Canterbury Tales written by Geoffrey Chaucer. She was not only a doctor but also the author of the medical treaties. One of her works entitled De ornatu mulierum shows what kind of “cosmetics” the women of medieval Salerno used. Thanks of her writings it is known how the women took care of their bodies. She taught how removed the unwilling hair, that it was necessary to have a white, healthy teeth, smooth skin or long black or blonde hair.

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I rimedi per raffinare la bellezza del corpo secondo l’insegnamento di Trotula di Salerno