Medieval History
The ?Missing Link?: medicine in late antiquity and the early middle ages
King?s College, Cambridge
Saturday 8 March 2008
organized by Debby Banham, Peter Jones and Clare Pilsworth with thanks to the Departments of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic/History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, King?s College Cambridge, the Royal Historical Society and the Wellcome Trust
What happened in medicine between Galen and the schools of Salerno? Why is this period so often skipped over in general histories of medicine? What is the distinction (or relationship) between ?late antique? and ?early medieval?, as far as medicine is concerned?
This day-conference is the second in a series that hopes to shed some light on these and related questions (the first, ?Theorica et practica: medicine in the earlier middle ages?, was held at Manchester in March 2007). We welcome all scholars (at all levels of experience) who are interested in the medicine of this period, and look forward to continuing the stimulating discussions begun last year.
Programme
We have an interesting variety of papers lined up, ranging widely in terms of geography, chronology and methodology.
Sally Crawford (Oxford), ?Texts, tweezers and trepanning: assessing the archaeology of Anglo-Saxon medicine?
Conan T. Doyle (Cambridge), The Old English Ymbe mannes gecynde (On the generation of man)
Klaus-Dietrich Fischer (Mainz), The recipe for an acharistum in an 8th-century manuscript from the library of Nicholas of Cues
Valerie Knight (Manchester), ?Alexander Trallianus on gout: the secondary tradition?
Christina Lee (Nottingham), ?Care and cure: Anglo-Saxon attitudes towards disease and disability?
Danielle Maion (Udine), ?Peri didaxeon: use and elaboration of Latin sources in later Anglo-Saxon England?
Lea Olsan (Cambridge) on Anglo-Saxon charms and Marcellus Empiricus
Christine Salazar (Cambridge) on Paul of Aegina
Theresa Tyers (Nottingham), ?Lost in translation: searching texts for receipts for women c.1200-1500?
- Parker Library Blog And Ccasnc
Two notices which may be of interest: First, the Parker Library, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, now has a blog, which you can find here. Second, the 2011 Cambridge Colloquium in Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, which is organised by postgraduate students...
- Pase Project To Be Featured In Bbc Documentary
ELB writes: The Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England project, which was undertaken jointly by the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge, and King's College, London, is to feature in a BBC2 documentary on 'Domesday'...
- What's So Interesting About Anglo-saxon Medicine?
Conan Doyle writes: Given that this is the topic to which I have dedicated the last five years of my life, I may be giving something of a biased view, but to be honest I cannot think of a more fascinating facet of Anglo-Saxon society. The most sophisticated...
- Conference On ?alchemy And Medicine From Antiquity To The Enlightenment? Taking Place At University Of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is hosting an international conference ? Alchemy and Medicine from Antiquity to the Enlightenment ? which will include over 25 papes ranging from the ancient Greeks to the alchemical remedies of the fifteenth-century English...
- Anglo-saxon Secular Learning In The Vernacular
Call for essays (Apologies for cross-posting.) Anglo-Saxon Secular Learning in the Vernacular The new edition of Ælfric's De temporibus anni by Martin Blake (Cambridge, 2009) and the proceedings of the research projects Storehouses of Wholesome...
Medieval History
Medicine Conference
The ?Missing Link?: medicine in late antiquity and the early middle ages
King?s College, Cambridge
Saturday 8 March 2008
organized by Debby Banham, Peter Jones and Clare Pilsworth with thanks to the Departments of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic/History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, King?s College Cambridge, the Royal Historical Society and the Wellcome Trust
What happened in medicine between Galen and the schools of Salerno? Why is this period so often skipped over in general histories of medicine? What is the distinction (or relationship) between ?late antique? and ?early medieval?, as far as medicine is concerned?
This day-conference is the second in a series that hopes to shed some light on these and related questions (the first, ?Theorica et practica: medicine in the earlier middle ages?, was held at Manchester in March 2007). We welcome all scholars (at all levels of experience) who are interested in the medicine of this period, and look forward to continuing the stimulating discussions begun last year.
Programme
We have an interesting variety of papers lined up, ranging widely in terms of geography, chronology and methodology.
Sally Crawford (Oxford), ?Texts, tweezers and trepanning: assessing the archaeology of Anglo-Saxon medicine?
Conan T. Doyle (Cambridge), The Old English Ymbe mannes gecynde (On the generation of man)
Klaus-Dietrich Fischer (Mainz), The recipe for an acharistum in an 8th-century manuscript from the library of Nicholas of Cues
Valerie Knight (Manchester), ?Alexander Trallianus on gout: the secondary tradition?
Christina Lee (Nottingham), ?Care and cure: Anglo-Saxon attitudes towards disease and disability?
Danielle Maion (Udine), ?Peri didaxeon: use and elaboration of Latin sources in later Anglo-Saxon England?
Lea Olsan (Cambridge) on Anglo-Saxon charms and Marcellus Empiricus
Christine Salazar (Cambridge) on Paul of Aegina
Theresa Tyers (Nottingham), ?Lost in translation: searching texts for receipts for women c.1200-1500?
- Parker Library Blog And Ccasnc
Two notices which may be of interest: First, the Parker Library, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, now has a blog, which you can find here. Second, the 2011 Cambridge Colloquium in Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, which is organised by postgraduate students...
- Pase Project To Be Featured In Bbc Documentary
ELB writes: The Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England project, which was undertaken jointly by the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge, and King's College, London, is to feature in a BBC2 documentary on 'Domesday'...
- What's So Interesting About Anglo-saxon Medicine?
Conan Doyle writes: Given that this is the topic to which I have dedicated the last five years of my life, I may be giving something of a biased view, but to be honest I cannot think of a more fascinating facet of Anglo-Saxon society. The most sophisticated...
- Conference On ?alchemy And Medicine From Antiquity To The Enlightenment? Taking Place At University Of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is hosting an international conference ? Alchemy and Medicine from Antiquity to the Enlightenment ? which will include over 25 papes ranging from the ancient Greeks to the alchemical remedies of the fifteenth-century English...
- Anglo-saxon Secular Learning In The Vernacular
Call for essays (Apologies for cross-posting.) Anglo-Saxon Secular Learning in the Vernacular The new edition of Ælfric's De temporibus anni by Martin Blake (Cambridge, 2009) and the proceedings of the research projects Storehouses of Wholesome...