In the spring of 1576, the Health Office of Venice, fearful of a growing outbreak of plague, imposed a quarantine upon the city. The move was controversial, with some in […]
[New Book] Acts of Care: Recovering Women in Late Medieval Health
Author: Sarah Ritchey (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) Publisher: Cornell University Press, 2021
[New Book] Cervantes and the Early Modern Mind
Editors: Isabel Jaén (Portland State University) & Julien Jacques–Simon (Indiana University East) Publisher: Routledge, 2021
[New Book] The Body as a Mirror of the Soul: Physiognomy from Antiquity to the Renaissance
Editor: Lisa Devriese (KU Leuven) Publisher: Leuven University Press, 2021 The idea of the body as a mirror of the soul has fascinated mankind throughout history. Being able to see […]
[New Book] Spiritual Alchemy: From Jacob Boehme to Mary Anne Atwood
Author: Mike A. Zuber (University of Queensland) Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2021
[New Book] The Correspondence of Johannes Hevelius, Volume IV
Editor: Maciej Jasiński (Polish Academy of Sciences) Publisher: Brepols, 2021
[New Book] Mathematics and the Craft of Thought in the Anglo-Dutch Renaissance
Author: Eleanor Chan (University of Manchester) Publisher: Routledge, 2021