Rupescissa’s Quintessential Medicine
This presentation will review newly-uncovered information about the background to Rupescissa's "De famulatu philosophie" (1352 ). Specifically: where it travelled,
The Cold Female Body in Oliva Sabuco
Long regarded as an exceptional voice in early modern thought, Oliva Sabuco is revisited by Jil Müller, who reconstructs her
Leprosy in the Medieval Mediterranean
In this lecture, Dr Anna Gili examines the treatment of leprosy in the Kitāb al-Malakī, offering new insights into medieval
Deafness in the Premodern Mediterranean
This VivaMente conference explores deafness and the deaf person in the premodern period through historical, medical, and socio-cultural perspectives.