[Namron] Medieval Lectures

[Eckart, Ann M.]

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"Managing Health in the Medieval Household:  The Illustrated Manuscripts of the Régime du Corps"

Medieval Fair Free Lecture Series

Friday November 9th, 6:30 pm at the Norman Public Library

Lowry Room, 225 N. Webster



Jennifer Borland, Assistant Professor of Art History at Oklahoma State University, will explore the images found in copies of the Régime du corps, a late medieval health guide.  These luxuriously-decorated books, likely intended for use by noblewomen managing their households, were apparently designed to move medical knowledge from the university into the home.  As such, they alter how we might understand women's roles in late medieval healthcare.



Come learn more about the Middle Ages just for the fun of learning!  No papers, no tests, just interesting information about life long ago.







Also coming up soon, courtesy of the HSCI 3823 (Honors), "Science in Medieval Culture" -Presidential Dream Course at OU:


November 8, Thursday, 4:30 pm, Community Room, Zarrow Hall
Laura Ackerman Smoller, University of Arkansas, Little Rock
"Astrology and the Sibyls: Astrology, Prophecy, and Natural Theology in Medieval Europe<http://cas.ou.edu/smoller>"
Professor Smoller received her PhD in history from Harvard. Her scholarly interests include the convergence of astrology and apocalyptic thought in medieval Europe and aspects of hagiography in popular culture. Among her publications is the important study, History, Prophecy, and the Stars: The Christian Astrology of Pierre d'Ailly, 1350-1420 (Princeton UP).
November 27, 2012, Tuesday, 4:30 pm, Community Room, Zarrow Hall
Edith D. Sylla, North Carolina State University
"Mathematics and Imagination in Late-Medieval Physics and Astronomy<http://cas.ou.edu/sylla>"
Professor Sylla received her PhD in history of science from Harvard University in 1971. Her research has focused on the history of mathematics and late medieval physical sciences, including astronomy and the science of motion, both in the late Middle Ages and the early modern period. Among her publications are "The Origin and Fate of Thomas Bradwardine's "De proportionibus velocitatum in motibus in Relation to the History of Mathematics," in Mechanics and natural philosophy before the scientific revolution. Dordrecht 2008, pp. 67-120; "Walter Burley's Practice as a Commentator on Aristotle's Physics," Medioevo. Rivista di Storia della Filosofia Medievale 27 (2002) 301-372; and "Transmission of the new physics of the fourteenth century from England to the Continent," In: La Nouvelle Physique du XIVe siècle, ed. Stefano Caroti and Pierre Souffrin. Florence 1997. pp. 65-110.
Sincerely,

Ann Marie Eckart
Medieval Fair Coordinator
Phone 405-325-8610     Fax 405-325-0860
ameckart at ou.edu<mailto:ameckart at ou.edu>
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