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Sara Ritchey Editor & Author

Sara Ritchey is Associate Professor of History at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is the author of Holy Matter: Changing Perceptions of the Material World in Late Medieval Christianity (2014) and a forthcoming book on late medieval religious women’s therapeutic knowledge and healthcare practices (2021). Sharon Strocchia is Professor of History at Emory University in Atlanta. A social and cultural historian of Renaissance Italy, she has published widely on women, religion, and health-related topics. Her most recent book is Forgotten Healers: Women and the Pursuit of Health in Late Renaissance Italy (2019).