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

Agnes Arber (1879 - 1960)

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

Genre(s): Early Modern, Life Sciences

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface Josh Leach
00:09:36
Play 01 I: The Early History of Botany Josh Leach
00:24:12
Play 02 II: The Earliest Printed Herbals (Fifteenth Century) mokka
00:27:58
Play 03 III: The Early History of the Herbal in England KevinS
00:23:53
Play 04 IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 1. The Herbal in Germany mokka
00:23:49
Play 05 IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 2. The Herbal in the Low Countries Shashank Jakhmola
00:15:59
Play 06 IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 3. The Herbal in Italy Shashank Jakhmola
00:10:36
Play 07 IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 4. The Herbal in Switzerland Shashank Jakhmola
00:13:11
Play 08 IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 5. The Herbal in France Lynette Caulkins
00:03:28
Play 09 IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 6. The Herbal in England mokka
00:31:36
Play 10 IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 7. The Revival of Aristotelian Botany mokka
00:04:24
Play 11 V: The Evolution of the Art of Plant Description Josh Leach
00:22:40
Play 12 VI: The Evolution of Plant Classification KHand
00:27:56
Play 13 VII: The Evolution of the Art of Botanical Illustration KHand
00:50:11
Play 14 VIII: The Doctrine of Signatures and Astrological Botany KHand
00:28:31
Play 15 IX: Conclusions KHand
00:07:51