Innovation in Byzantine medicine: the writings of John Zacharias Aktouarios (c.1275-c.1330)
Byzantine medicine remains a little known and misrepresented field not only in the context of debates on medieval medicine, but also among Byzantinists themselves. It is often viewed as 'stagnant' and mainly preserving ancient ideas, and our knowledge of it continues to be based to a great...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Byzantine medicine remains a little known and misrepresented field not only in the context of debates on medieval medicine, but also among Byzantinists themselves. It is often viewed as 'stagnant' and mainly preserving ancient ideas, and our knowledge of it continues to be based to a great extent on the comments of earlier authorities, which are often repeated uncritically. 0This volume presents the first comprehensive examination of the medical corpus of, arguably, the most important Late Byzantine physician: John Zacharias Aktouarios (c.1275-c.1330). Its main thesis is that John's medical works show an astonishing degree of openness to knowledge from outside Byzantium combined with a significant degree of originality, in particular, in the fields of uroscopy and human physiology. The analysis of John's edited (On Urines and On Psychic Pneuma) and unedited (Medical Epitome) treatises is supported for the first time by the consultation of a large number of manuscripts, and is also informed by evidence from a wide range of medical sources, including those previously unpublished, and texts from other genres, such as epistolography and merchants' accounts. The contextualization of John's corpus sheds new light on the development of Byzantine medical thought and practice, and enhances our understanding of the Late Byzantine social and intellectual landscape. Through examination of his medical observations in the light of examples from the medieval Latin and Islamic worlds, his theories are also placed within the wider Mediterranean milieu, highlighting the cultural exchange between Byzantium and its neighbours |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index Aus dem Vorwort entnommen: "This volume grew out of a King's College London PhD thesis on the same subject. It does, however, have one more chapter than my doctoral dissertation: chapter 6, on John Zacharias Aktouarios' on psychic pneuma" |
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| spelling | Bouras-Vallianatos, Petros Verfasser (DE-588)1153572516 aut Innovation in Byzantine medicine the writings of John Zacharias Aktouarios (c.1275-c.1330) Petros Bouras-Vallianatos First edition Oxford Oxford University Press 2020 xviii, 342 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Oxford studies in Byzantium Includes bibliographical references and index Aus dem Vorwort entnommen: "This volume grew out of a King's College London PhD thesis on the same subject. It does, however, have one more chapter than my doctoral dissertation: chapter 6, on John Zacharias Aktouarios' on psychic pneuma" Dissertation King's College London Byzantine medicine remains a little known and misrepresented field not only in the context of debates on medieval medicine, but also among Byzantinists themselves. It is often viewed as 'stagnant' and mainly preserving ancient ideas, and our knowledge of it continues to be based to a great extent on the comments of earlier authorities, which are often repeated uncritically. 0This volume presents the first comprehensive examination of the medical corpus of, arguably, the most important Late Byzantine physician: John Zacharias Aktouarios (c.1275-c.1330). Its main thesis is that John's medical works show an astonishing degree of openness to knowledge from outside Byzantium combined with a significant degree of originality, in particular, in the fields of uroscopy and human physiology. The analysis of John's edited (On Urines and On Psychic Pneuma) and unedited (Medical Epitome) treatises is supported for the first time by the consultation of a large number of manuscripts, and is also informed by evidence from a wide range of medical sources, including those previously unpublished, and texts from other genres, such as epistolography and merchants' accounts. The contextualization of John's corpus sheds new light on the development of Byzantine medical thought and practice, and enhances our understanding of the Late Byzantine social and intellectual landscape. Through examination of his medical observations in the light of examples from the medieval Latin and Islamic worlds, his theories are also placed within the wider Mediterranean milieu, highlighting the cultural exchange between Byzantium and its neighbours Johannes Zacharias Actuarius (DE-588)100948251 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1275-1330 gnd rswk-swf Medizin (DE-588)4038243-6 gnd rswk-swf Byzantinisches Reich (DE-588)4009256-2 gnd rswk-swf History, Medieval Byzantium Medicine, Medieval Medicine, Medieval / Byzantine Empire History of medicine Johannes Zacharias Medizin Erfindung Byzantine Empire Byzanz (DE-588)4113937-9 Hochschulschrift gnd-content Byzantinische Geschichte (DE-2581)TH000005765 gbd Medizin der Antike (DE-2581)TH000007627 gbd Kulturgeschichte der Antike (DE-2581)TH000005829 gbd Johannes Zacharias Actuarius (DE-588)100948251 p Byzantinisches Reich (DE-588)4009256-2 g Medizin (DE-588)4038243-6 s Geschichte 1275-1330 z DE-604 (DE-604)BV046648603 Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=032199625&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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