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

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)

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Preface	9:36	Read by Josh Leach
I: The Early History of Botany	24:12	Read by Josh Leach
II: The Earliest Printed Herbals (Fifteenth Century)	27:58	Read by mokka
III: The Early History of the Herbal in England	23:53	Read by KevinS
IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part …	23:49	Read by mokka
IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part …	15:59	Read by Shashank Jakhmola
IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part …	10:36	Read by Shashank Jakhmola
IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part …	13:11	Read by Shashank Jakhmola
IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part …	3:28	Read by Lynette Caulkins
IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part …	31:36	Read by mokka
IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part …	4:24	Read by mokka
V: The Evolution of the Art of Plant Description	22:40	Read by Josh Leach
VI: The Evolution of Plant Classification	27:56	Read by KHand
VII: The Evolution of the Art of Botanical Illustration	50:11	Read by KHand
VIII: The Doctrine of Signatures and Astrological Botany	28:31	Read by KHand
IX: Conclusions	7:51	Read by KHand

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

Agnes Arber

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