Magistra Hersend

Magistra Hersend, also called Hersend or Magistra Hersend Physica (floruit 1249–1259, Paris) was a French female surgeon who accompanied King Louis IX of France on the Seventh Crusade in 1249. She is one of two women recorded as royal physician or surgeon.[1]

As well as ministering to the king she was placed in charge of the queen and the female camp followers. In the city of Acre she received a life pension of twelve pence a day from the King for her service. She later married the king's apothecary, one Jacques.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Blumenfeld-Kosinski, Renate (1990). Not of woman born : representations of caesarean birth in medieval and Renaissance culture (1. publ. ed.). Ithaca: Cornell University Press. p. 100. ISBN 9780801422928.
  2. ↑ Echols, Anne; Williams, Marty (1992). "Hersend (of France)". An annotated index of medieval women. Markus Wiener. ISBN 0-910129-27-4. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
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