Life Forms in Premodern Philosophy
Few texts in history have enjoyed the centrality of Aristotle’s De Anima. The work presupposes and at the same time
Deafness in the Premodern Mediterranean
This VivaMente conference explores deafness and the figure of the deaf person in the Mediterranean Antiquity and premodern ages through
Staying Fresh in Early Byzantium
The lecture will focus on a group of selected illustrative recipes for body cleansers and powdered deodorants from Book VIII
Sexual Transformation and Galenism
Set against the world of cheap print and wonder literature, this article investigates the case of a Spanish nun who
The Colour of Dreams
This talk examines how dream colours were linked to the humours in medieval Arabic and Latin texts, tracing their transmission
Yiddish Medicine in Times of Epidemics
In this lecture, Daniella Zaidmann-Mauer examines how Yiddish texts articulated integrated medical and religious responses to epidemic disease in early
Orbs of Blood in 14th-Century Persia
A fourteenth-century Persian text on Chinese medicine describes blood “making rounds” through the body; what this implies for the history
Pliny and Renaissance Gynaecology
This lecture examines how Renaissance gynaecological authors used Pliny the Elder’s "Natural History" as a source for medical knowledge, cases,
Healing Like a Medieval Woman
The article examines "Causae et curae" and the "Physica "to show that Hildegard explains disease through the corruption of the
Mobility in European Medicine
Through the case of Pere d’Olesa and other Spanish physicians, the article shows how geographical mobility enabled medical careers to