Our first annual Lux Veritatis Lecture in Medieval Studies was made possible by a generous bequest to the program and featured our colleague and fomer director, now Angus Cameron Professor of Old English Language at Toronto.
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Materia Medica and the Globalization of Knowledge in Early Medieval England
Early Medieval England boasts the earliest collection of vernacular medical texts north of the Alps. Many are translations of classical materials; others are native Old English “folk” medicine, charms, prognostics, and prayers. This lecture explores the hybrid medical discourse produced by the juxtaposition of Mediterranean and insular traditions
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