A5013070320- History of Medicine Studies
- History of Science and Medicine
- Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies
- Culinary Culture and Tourism
- Medieval and Early Modern Iberia
- Medieval Literature and History
- Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
- Medieval and Classical Philosophy
- Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices
- Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis
- Early Modern Spanish Literature
- Medieval Iberian Studies
- Latin American history and culture
- Hispanic-African Historical Relations
- Historical and Religious Studies of Rome
- Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books
- Historical Economic and Social Studies
- Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Colonialism, slavery, and trade
- Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning
- Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics
- Historical and Architectural Studies
University of Leeds
2013-2024
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
2017
Durham University
2005-2006
University of Edinburgh
2004-2005
University of St Andrews
2000-2001
Recent historians have rehabilitated King Duarte of Portugal, previously maligned and neglected, as an astute ruler philosopher. There is still a tendency, however, to view depressive or hypochondriac, due his own description melancholy in advice book, the Loyal Counselor. This paper reassesses Duarte's writings, drawing on key approaches history medicine, such narrative medicine patient. It important take views condition seriously, placing them medical theological contexts time avoiding...
Historians of modern medicine have been aware for some time the value images and artefacts as sources in their own right: wax models, clinical photographs, portraits advertising all require careful interpretation can be just informative written texts. Indeed, they viewed texts to analysed using post-modern critical methods. This kind visual analysis has only slowly spread study centuries preceding 1800 where traditional iconographical methods dominate often play little more than an...
In recent years, historians of medicine in the Middle Ages have tried to decode narratives health and illness their original context, attempting uncover meanings they may had for audiences, rather than simply using these plot disease incidence. This article is a study health, traumatic injury chronicles Fernão Lopes, who wrote Portugal first half fifteenth century, focusing on events 1383–5, period civil war foreign invasion. Arguing that Lopes made use series medical ‘emplotments’ construct...
During the Middle Ages, Portugal witnessed unprecedented socioeconomic and religious changes under transitioning political rule. The implications of changing ruling powers for urban food systems individual diets in medieval is poorly understood. This study aimed to elucidate dietary impact Islamic Christian conquests.Radiocarbon dating, peptide mass fingerprinting (ZooMS) stable isotope analysis (δ13 C, δ15 N) animal (n = 59) human skeletal remains 205) from Muslim burials were used...
Colonial medicine is a thriving field of study in the history nineteenth- and twentieth-century medicine. Medicine can be used as lens to view colonialism action way critique colonialism. This article argues that key debates ideas from modern fruitfully applied Middle Ages, especially for early empires Spain Portugal (mid-fourteenth mid-sixteenth centuries). The identifies debates, explores approaches colonization Ages discusses how medieval healthcare could compared using colonial...
Saintly Physician, DiabolicalDoctor, MedievalSaint:Exploring theReputation ofGilde Santarém inMedievaland Renaissance Portugal IONA MCCLEERY In theNationalLibrary ofMedicinein theUnitedStatescan be founda largecompilation ofherbalrecipesentitledRemedies forvarious illnesses, whichwas translated fromCatalan into Italian in Perpignanon 24 May1463. The translator informs us hisprologuethattheworkhad originally beencompiledbythethirteenth-century Portuguese Dominican friar, Gilde Santarém, and...
This is probably one of the most important publications for many years in fields medical, religious and social history. Rawcliffe's book completely overhauls our understanding leprosy contributes immensely to knowledge English middle ages. Over last ten there have been concerted efforts challenge preconceived ideas about past disease. should therefore be set next studies by Samuel K. Cohn on Black Death (2002) Jon Arrizabalaga, John Henderson Roger French Great Pox (1997), as well ongoing...
The following is a description of miracle attributed to the Portuguese friar-physician, Gil de Santarém (d. 1265): … Domingas Pires… had great abscess on her left hand and for more than forty days suffered pain so strong that she could not bear it. She went Gil’s tomb and, scattering some its earth arm, prayed in supplication with tears blessed man that, since life he been physician only souls but also bodies cured many through art medicine word prayer now was powerful God, would deign cure...
Carole A. Paley, Ash T. Lucy E. Ziegler, Eloise C. Kane, Iona McCleery, Emma J. Chapman
On his arrival in the Caribbean October 1492 Christopher Columbus experienced a sensory explosion: fragrant scents, tropical fish, sweetly singing multi-coloured birds and encounters with unknown peoples whose erotic nakedness, incomprehensible language apparent lack of social organization clashed perception mankind (Fig. 1). As far as we can determine from European sources surviving archaeology, indigenous islanders on their part were astounded by sound cannon firing, first meeting chicken,...
Very little work has been done on Iberian queens and even less saints. This study of Isabel Aragon ( c. 1270–1336), wife King Dinis Portugal (1279–1325), who was venerated as a saint from shortly after her death, aims to explore the relationship between Isabel's queenship sainthood. It engages with recent research, critiques obvious comparisons great-aunt St Elizabeth Thuringia. may also be compared numerous other medieval European main vita displays striking similarities royal courtesy...
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The story of Theophilus is one the oldest and most widespread Marian miracles in Christian literature. said to have been a sixth-century priest Adana Cilicia, removed from office by new bishop. Eager regain his position, went Jew known for diabolical practices through him made written pact with Devil, sealed ring. received back lost status but then began repent and, intercession Virgin Mary, finally won document Devil. Three days later he died.