Mercantile Cultures of Health
In the late medieval world, managing health was as integral to merchant identity as navigating markets or maintaining ledgers.
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
This conference explores the creation and dissemination of medical knowledge in late medieval and early modern Europe within established and
Is it possible to discern what is concealed within the human soul through what is outwardly manifest? This lecture will
This talk delves into the pharmacopoeia of ancient Egypt as preserved and practiced by the Copts, who have inherited and
This talk will present the results of research in progress into the role of the Venice’s Health Office in monitoring
This summer school will offer an overview of the current state of the art in the fields of early modern