In the late medieval world, managing health was as integral to merchant identity as navigating markets or maintaining ledgers.

This VivaMente Conference examines the interplay between medicine and society in the Late Middle Ages, assessing how medical theories, practices,

This talk will discuss the issues surrounding the identification of medical practitioners and how registers could be used to analyse

Is nobility an innate virtue or not? In their respective reflections on nobility and individual differences, Dante and Cecco d’Ascoli invoke the

This talk explores metabolism as a concept in the history of biology, using it as starting point for the exploration

Through an analysis of trade manuals, personal notebooks (zibaldoni), and family records, Massimo Sbarbaro illustrates how merchants were not only

This VivaMente Conference examines the interplay between medicine and society in the Late Middle Ages, assessing how medical theories, practices,

This conference explores the creation and dissemination of medical knowledge in late medieval and early modern Europe within established and

This summer school will offer an overview of the current state of the art in the fields of early modern