Early Modern Intellectual History
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The practice of medicine and healing is always accompanied by a range of paraphernalia, from pillboxes to instruments to clothing. Yet such things have rarely attracted the attention of historians of medicine. Here, I draw on perspectives... more
Το Σεμινάριο Ιταλικής Ιστορίας και Ιστοριογραφίας (Τμήμα Ιταλικής Γλώσσας και Φιλολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ) (https://eclass.uoa.gr/modules/document/?course=ILL123) σας προσκαλεί στη σεμιναριακή διάλεξη του κ. Θεοδόση Νικολαΐδη, Αναπληρωτή Καθηγητή... more
In the seventeenth century, Ottoman jurists repeatedly tried to stop Muslims from stating that they "belonged to the religion of Abraham." A century earlier, however, the expression had been a core part of the new confessional identity of... more
- by Nir Shafir
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Dixième Atelier Héloise // Tenth Workshop Heloise - 29-30 March 2021 L'Europa delle Università: contesti comuni e peculiarità locali attraverso l'esame delle fonti (origini - XX secolo) // Universities in Europe: common contexts and... more
What characterizes Ottoman Sunnism, and how did it come to be? The conventional view is that by roughly the middle of the sixteenth century the imperial elite came to adopt and promote a particular religious identity, which can be... more
This contribution offers a first-hand impression of Bartolomeo Mastri’s Disputations on Metaphysics, the single most important work on metaphysics produced in the Scotist school during the Early Modern period. I shall highlight a... more
While legends abound concerning earlier kabblistic periods, interestingly, there is no legend concerning the theft of this propietary literature. It is only in the early modern period that we find accounts of theft and potential piracy... more
FINANCIAL RESOURCES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTRECHT: THE FOUNDATION OF MISS ANNA EVERWIJN At the University of Utrecht there were several financial resources that aimed the financial support of students, among them the Hungarian ones. Anna... more
Adam Ferguson was one of a distinguished circle of Scottish Englightenment thinkers. Best known as a theoretician of progress, his Essay on the History of Civil Societies is just as concerned with decline. His insistence on the uniformity... more
- by Robert Launay
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