Editors: Susanna Berger (University of Southern California) and Daniel Garber (Princeton University) Publisher: Springer, 2022 This book examines how philosophy was taught in the early modern period in Europe. It breaks new […]
[New Book] Literatures of Alchemy in Medieval and Early Modern England
Author: Eoin Bentick (Queen Mary, University of London) Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, 2022 The language of alchemy (the art of transmuting metals and manufacturing pharmaceutical medicine) is defined by obscure […]
[New Book] The Dynamics of Learning in Early Modern Italy: Arts and Medicine at the University of Bologna
Author: David A. Lines (University of Warwick) Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2023 The University of Bologna was among the premier universities in medieval Europe and an international magnet for students […]
[New Book] From Lived Experience to the Written Word: Reconstructing Practical Knowledge in the Early Modern World
Author: Pamela H. Smith (Columbia University) Publisher: Chicago University Press, 2022 This book considers how and why, beginning in 1400 CE, European craftspeople began to write down their making practices. […]
[New Book] Birth Figures: Early Modern Prints and the Pregnant Body
Author: Rebecca Whiteley (Birkbeck, University of London) Publisher: Chicago University Press, 2023 Birth figures are printed images of the pregnant womb, always shown in series, that depict the variety of […]
[New Book] Routledge Handbook on the Sciences in Islamicate Societies: Practices from the 2nd/8th to the 13th/19th Centuries
Editor: Sonja Brentjes (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science) Publisher: Routledge, 2023 The Routledge Handbook on the Sciences in Islamicate Societies provides a comprehensive survey on science in the Islamic […]
[New Book] The Medical World of Margaret Cavendish: A Critical Edition
Editors: Justin Begley (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) and Benjamin Goldberg (University of South Florida) Publisher: Springer, 2023 This book is the first transcription and extensive commentary on a fascinating […]
[New Book] Defining Nature’s Limits: The Roman Inquisition and the Boundaries of Science
Author: Neil Tarrant (University of York) Publisher: Chicago University Press, 2022 Unlike earlier studies, Defining Nature’s Limits engages the history of both learned and popular magic. Tarrant explains how the church developed […]
[New Book] Death and Disease in the Medieval and Early Modern World: Perspectives from across the Mediterranean and Beyond
Editors: Lori Jones (Carleton University – University of Ottawa) and Nükhet Varlık (Rutgers University) Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, 2022 This collection highlights and nuances some of the recent critical advances in […]
[New Book] The Perfection of Nature: Animals, Breeding, and Race in the Renaissance
Author: Mackenzie Cooley (Hamilton College) Publisher: Chicago University Press, 2022 The Renaissance is celebrated for the belief that individuals could fashion themselves to greatness, but there is a dark undercurrent […]