Spaces, Objects and Identities in Early Modern Italian Medicine

Cavallo, Sandra; Gentilcore, David

This collection, by an international team of scholars, presents exciting research currently being undertaken on early modern Italy which questions the conventional boundaries of medical history.

• Brings together historians of medicine and scholars of different backgrounds who are re-visiting the field from new perspectives and with the support of innovative questions and unexplored sources
• Explores crucial areas of intersection between the territory of medicine and that of law, politics, religion, art and material culture and highlights the connections between these apparently separate fields
• Challenges our understanding of what we regard as medical activities, medical identities, spaces and objects
• Addresses the study of medical careers, medical identities and spaces where medical activities were performed e.g. apothecary shops, courtrooms, convents and museums

Details

Published by: Wiley-Blackwell

Publication Date: 2008-04-14

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781405180405

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Dimensions: 228.6cm x152.4cm

Pages: 136.0