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Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany

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Eminent British botanist Agnes Arber provides an authoritative history of printed Herbals -- books widely used in early modern Europe to catalogue the uses of different kinds of plants. While Herbals often reflected pre-scientific and magical beliefs about the properties of plants, Arber's work reveals that they were also critical to the early development of botany and medicine as empirical sciences. A classic in the history of science. - Summary by Josh Leach (5 hr 25 min)

Chapters

Preface

9:36

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I: The Early History of Botany

24:12

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II: The Earliest Printed Herbals (Fifteenth Century)

27:58

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III: The Early History of the Herbal in England

23:53

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IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part …

23:49

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IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part …

15:59

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IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part …

10:36

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IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part …

13:11

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IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part …

3:28

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IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part …

31:36

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IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part …

4:24

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V: The Evolution of the Art of Plant Description

22:40

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VI: The Evolution of Plant Classification

27:56

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VII: The Evolution of the Art of Botanical Illustration

50:11

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VIII: The Doctrine of Signatures and Astrological Botany

28:31

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IX: Conclusions

7:51

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