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> I have been asked to find material (references) on the monastic origins of
> growing herbs in monasteries, especially in Italy.
>
> I have found some references (a bit general) on the COPAC catalogue, but
> it
> maybe someone has some more precise references within reach.
>
I'm not sure about Italy, but in Ireland and England, the earliest
sources are related to healing. As the monasteries absorbed the healing
functions that previously had been the jurisdiction of pre-Crhistian
religious practitioners, they developed their knowledge of traditional
healing methods and the growing of the main stock-in-trade, herbs.
Francine Nicholson
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