Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Health – Medicine and Society in the Middle Ages (1200-1400)

VivaMente Conference on ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐€๐†๐๐Ž๐’๐ˆ๐’, ๐๐‘๐Ž๐†๐๐Ž๐’๐ˆ๐’, ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐‡๐„๐€๐‹๐“๐‡ – ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ž ๐€๐ ๐ž๐ฌ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ)
Polo Benedettine – Pisa
๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“
Organised by
๐€๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐š ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐จ, ๐๐š๐จ๐ฅ๐š ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ข, ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐Ÿ๐š๐ง๐จ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข
Keynote Speakers:
๐“๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ๐จ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐š, ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ณ๐š ๐๐ž๐ง๐ž๐๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐จ, ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐š๐ซ๐š ๐๐ž๐ง๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž, ๐†๐ข๐š๐ง๐ฅ๐ฎ๐œ๐š ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐š, ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐š๐ซ๐š ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ง๐ข, ๐€๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐๐ซ๐จ ๐๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ณ๐ณ๐จ, ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐š ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ข๐ซ๐š, ๐Œ๐š๐š๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐•๐š๐ง ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐‹๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ, ๐†๐š๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š ๐™๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง
CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION
This VivaMente Conference examines the interplay between medicine and society in the Late Medieval period through an interdisciplinary lens, assessing how medical theories, practices, and language both shaped and were shaped by philosophical, theological, and political thought. It will explore how concepts such as diagnosis, prognosis, and health served as conceptual bridges connecting medicine with philosophy and theology, shaping broader debates on uncertainty, anomalies, and crisis management. The conference speakers will investigate how medical theories, practices, and language both influenced and were influenced by philosophical, theological, and political thought.
It will explore how concepts such as diagnosis, prognosis, and health served as conceptual bridges connecting medicine with philosophy and theology, shaping broader debates on uncertainty, anomalies, and crisis management. The conference speakers will investigate how medical theories, practices, and language both influenced and were influenced by philosophical, theological, and political thought. Specifically, it will address the following key themes:
  • The interplay between medicine and natural philosophy and the integration of classical Greco-Roman medical knowledge with Arabic and Jewish traditions.
  • Medical knowledge at the Faculties of Artsย and its role as a preparatory discipline for philosophical and theological education
  • Medical metaphors, language, and practices in medieval political theory.
  • The contribution of medicine and physiognomy to medieval ideas of ideal rulership and the legitimacy of power
  • Medical doctrines in ethical and political debates: rational techniques to understand and regulate the interactions between bodily and emotional dynamics.
  • Rationalization of diseases and epidemics at the crossroad of medicine, philosophy, and social concerns.
  • Extraordinary biological phenomena, particularly congenital anomalies, monstrous birth, and hereditary conditions.
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