Medicine in Medieval England, by C. H. TALBOT, London, Oldbourne, 1967, pp. 222, 35s. Od. The author of this book, Dr. Talbot, is medievalist at the Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine. He has produced a book which will appeal to both expert and non-expert-medical or otherwise. The book is a hardback of 222 pages with a table of contents, an index and a bibliography, which lists books...

naturally occurring substances mentioned in medieval medical literatures currently have, and will continue to have, a crucial place in drug discovery. avicenna was a persian physician who is known as the most influential medical writers in the middle ages. avicenna`s canon of medicine, the most famous books in the history of medicine, presents a clear and organized summary of all the medical kn...

La Institució Alfons el Magnànim-Centre Valencià d’Estudis i d’Investigacióacaba de traure a la llum —en col·lecció «Moment. Memorialística», quedirigeix Xavier Serra— un assaig que ben bé podríem qualificar com «dietarifilològic». No debades, seu autor, Rafael Roca, és filòleg professor laUniversitat València, membre del consell redacció diverses publicacionsespecialitzades —com ara Scripta. R...

The investigation of medieval slavery is still rooted in an approach first laid down by the likes of Adam Smith and John Millar over two hundred years ago. They conceptualised history as a series of stages through which societies moved, driven by the motor of increasing economic sophistication. In this conceptualisation, slavery was an economic institution and its decline in Britain during the ...

The Islamisation of the population two neighbouring regions south Prizren, Gora and Opolje, occurred in varying degrees during centuries-long rule Ottoman Empire Balkans. In Gora, inhabited by Slavic population, it was extremely slow, while Albanians, incomparably more intensive. This paper aims to elucidate, based on analysis 15th 16th century cadastral registers, factors that affected rate co...

Castelló d’Empúries, a small town in Old Catalonia, capital of the county Empúries, may be considered regional example that process we know as medieval scale urbanization. Its history, from 12th century on, is build-up particular economy which will function starting-point those circuits exchange relationship are necessary for urbanisation. In functional terms Castelló, connected to major Medite...

We present a prototype of the Minnesang exhibit that translates visitors’ utterances into medieval German in their own voice. This lets visitors experience how they would have spoken in medieval times. The project illustrates new variants of voice conversion and their use in human-computer interaction.

Tantra and Ayurveda are interrelated, particularly during medieval period, Tantra had great impact on the theory and practice of Ayurveda. Hitherto this aspect of history is not sufficiently explored. In this paper, influence of Tantra on Sarngadhara, a representative author of the medieval period, has been vividly brought out.

BACKGROUND Ancient DNA analysis offers a way to detect changes in populations over time. To date, most studies of ancient cattle have focused on their domestication in prehistory, while only a limited number of studies have analysed later periods. Conversely, the genetic structure of modern cattle populations is well known given the undertaking of several molecular and population genetic studie...