A study of the Speziale al Giglio apothecary shop in fifteenth-century Florence, Italy.

Students of the Italian Renaissance who wish to go beyond the standard names and subjects will find in this text abundant information on the lives, customs, bel

Malleable Anatomies offers an account of the early stages of the practice of anatomical modelling in mid-eighteenth-century Italy. It investigates the 'mania' f

Developed throughout early modern Europe, lazaretti, or plague hospitals, took on a central role in early modern responses to epidemic disease, in particular th

Explores the development of natural history since the Renaissance and contextualizes current discussions of biodiversity.