Quarantine Practices and the Body
This article explores early modern quarantine regulations highlighting contemporary attitudes toward the body, disease and cleanliness.
VivaMente Grantees
The VivaMente Grant aims at providing early career scholars with an opportunity to realise their projects and expand their networks
Paduan Physicians and Heretics
The case study presented will challenge current views by presenting disturbing evidence of foreign London residents having to join English
The Therapeutic Virtues of Jasmine
Jasmine, widely used and praised in the East, was one of the many substances introduced to the Italian peninsula for
Santorio Fellows
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The Actualisation of the Ideal Human in the Works of Roger Bacon
In this Santorio Lecture, Meagan Allen examines how Bacon incorporated the centuries-old tradition of the physical resurrection body into his
Kenelm Digby’s Chymical Aristotle
I focus here on an English natural philosopher, Kenelm Digby, and his atomic interpretation of Aristotle. My aim is to
From Automata to Transhumans
This edition of the Vivamente Conference in the History of Ideas intends to shed new light on the early modern origins of
The Work of Sanctorius Sanctorius
Teresa Hollerbach reconsiders the traditional characterization of Sanctorius as the inventor of a new science, examining his activities in relation
2021 Summer School Experience
At the CSMBR we value deeply the experience and comfort of our delegates and we never lose sight of the