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Monica H. Green deposited When Numbers Don’t Count: Changing Perspectives on the Justinianic Plague on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months ago
A new type of evidence exists now to document the history of infectious diseases in the past. But this evidence consists of millions of molecular fragments that have to be retrieved and analyzed by palaeobiologists, not historians. How do historians–who are accustomed to working with written documents–learn to assess a new kind of evidence? This…[Read more]
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Monica H. Green deposited ‘Cliff Notes’ on the Circulation of the Gynecological Texts of Soranus and Muscio in the Middle Ages in the group
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 4 months agoBeyond the texts on women’s medicine associated with the name of a 12th-century female medical practitioner from Salerno named Trota (or the title, “Trotula”), the most widely circulated texts were those deriving from the ancient Greek *Gynecology* of Soranus (2nd century CE). In particular, the Latin translation/adaptation by Muscio (or Mustio),…[Read more]
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Monica H. Green deposited ‘Cliff Notes’ on the Circulation of the Gynecological Texts of Soranus and Muscio in the Middle Ages in the group
Medieval Southern Italy on Humanities Commons 2 years, 4 months agoBeyond the texts on women’s medicine associated with the name of a 12th-century female medical practitioner from Salerno named Trota (or the title, “Trotula”), the most widely circulated texts were those deriving from the ancient Greek *Gynecology* of Soranus (2nd century CE). In particular, the Latin translation/adaptation by Muscio (or Mustio),…[Read more]
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Monica H. Green deposited ‘Cliff Notes’ on the Circulation of the Gynecological Texts of Soranus and Muscio in the Middle Ages on Humanities Commons 2 years, 4 months ago
Beyond the texts on women’s medicine associated with the name of a 12th-century female medical practitioner from Salerno named Trota (or the title, “Trotula”), the most widely circulated texts were those deriving from the ancient Greek *Gynecology* of Soranus (2nd century CE). In particular, the Latin translation/adaptation by Muscio (or Mustio),…[Read more]
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Because there was so much confusion on the Internet about who/what “Trotula” was, in 2005 I drew up a short Fact Sheet summarizing the scholarly question about this medieval European author/text, whose influence was so central to the history of gynecology and obstetrics. I’ve updated the document periodically since then. This version dates from 21…[Read more]
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Monica H. Green deposited The Mother of All Pandemics: The State of Black Death Research in the Era of COVID-19 – Bibliography on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months ago
The present bibliography was originally prepared for a webinar sponsored by the Medieval Academy of America in May 2020. The present version includes all citations added as of 30 August 2023. The Bibliography covers the Black Death as traditionally defined (the plague pandemic that struck western Eurasia and North Africa between 1346 and 1353) but…[Read more]
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Richard Sowerby's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months ago
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Monica H. Green deposited Assessment of the Dating Claims of Keller et al. 2023 in the group
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoThis document lays out a series of points in regard to a recently posted pre-print on the history of plague in late medieval and early modern Europe: Marcel Keller et al., “A Refined Phylochronology of the Second Plague Pandemic in Western Eurasia.” I am a historian of medicine and I am presenting these as historical questions. I have written it…[Read more]
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Monica H. Green deposited Assessment of the Dating Claims of Keller et al. 2023 in the group
History of Medicine in the Middle East/North Africa on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoThis document lays out a series of points in regard to a recently posted pre-print on the history of plague in late medieval and early modern Europe: Marcel Keller et al., “A Refined Phylochronology of the Second Plague Pandemic in Western Eurasia.” I am a historian of medicine and I am presenting these as historical questions. I have written it…[Read more]
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Monica H. Green deposited Assessment of the Dating Claims of Keller et al. 2023 on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months ago
This document lays out a series of points in regard to a recently posted pre-print on the history of plague in late medieval and early modern Europe: Marcel Keller et al., “A Refined Phylochronology of the Second Plague Pandemic in Western Eurasia.” I am a historian of medicine and I am presenting these as historical questions. I have written it…[Read more]
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Thijs Porck deposited “Runenoefeningen. De Oudgermanistiek in Leidse kinderschoenen in the group
Old English / Early Medieval England on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoThijs Porck, “Runenoefeningen. De Oudgermanistiek in Leidse kinderschoenen”, in Tot publijcque dienst der studie: Boeken uit de Bibliotheca Thysiana, ed. Wim van Anrooij & Paul Hoftijzer (Hilversum: Verloren, 2023), 118-119
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Thijs Porck deposited “Runenoefeningen. De Oudgermanistiek in Leidse kinderschoenen in the group
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoThijs Porck, “Runenoefeningen. De Oudgermanistiek in Leidse kinderschoenen”, in Tot publijcque dienst der studie: Boeken uit de Bibliotheca Thysiana, ed. Wim van Anrooij & Paul Hoftijzer (Hilversum: Verloren, 2023), 118-119
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Thijs Porck deposited “I can read Hollandsch very fairly. The Correspondence between James Murray (1837-1915) and Pieter Jacob Cosijn (1840-1899) in the group
Old English / Early Medieval England on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoThijs Porck, “I can read Hollandsch very fairly. The Correspondence between James Murray (1837-1915) and Pieter Jacob Cosijn (1840-1899)”, in Language Use, Usage Guides, and Linguistic Norms, ed. Luisella Caon, Marion Elenbaas & Janet Grijzenhout (Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021), 107-129.
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Thijs Porck deposited “I can read Hollandsch very fairly. The Correspondence between James Murray (1837-1915) and Pieter Jacob Cosijn (1840-1899) in the group
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoThijs Porck, “I can read Hollandsch very fairly. The Correspondence between James Murray (1837-1915) and Pieter Jacob Cosijn (1840-1899)”, in Language Use, Usage Guides, and Linguistic Norms, ed. Luisella Caon, Marion Elenbaas & Janet Grijzenhout (Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021), 107-129.
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Thijs Porck deposited “I can read Hollandsch very fairly. The Correspondence between James Murray (1837-1915) and Pieter Jacob Cosijn (1840-1899) in the group
Early Medieval on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoThijs Porck, “I can read Hollandsch very fairly. The Correspondence between James Murray (1837-1915) and Pieter Jacob Cosijn (1840-1899)”, in Language Use, Usage Guides, and Linguistic Norms, ed. Luisella Caon, Marion Elenbaas & Janet Grijzenhout (Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021), 107-129.
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Thijs Porck deposited “Runenoefeningen. De Oudgermanistiek in Leidse kinderschoenen on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months ago
Thijs Porck, “Runenoefeningen. De Oudgermanistiek in Leidse kinderschoenen”, in Tot publijcque dienst der studie: Boeken uit de Bibliotheca Thysiana, ed. Wim van Anrooij & Paul Hoftijzer (Hilversum: Verloren, 2023), 118-119
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Thijs Porck deposited “I can read Hollandsch very fairly. The Correspondence between James Murray (1837-1915) and Pieter Jacob Cosijn (1840-1899) on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months ago
Thijs Porck, “I can read Hollandsch very fairly. The Correspondence between James Murray (1837-1915) and Pieter Jacob Cosijn (1840-1899)”, in Language Use, Usage Guides, and Linguistic Norms, ed. Luisella Caon, Marion Elenbaas & Janet Grijzenhout (Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021), 107-129.
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Ryan J. Lynch's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months ago
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Ryan J. Lynch deposited World History, Volume 2: To 1500 on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months ago
World History, Volume 1: to 1500 is designed to meet the scope and sequence of a world history course to 1500 offered at both two-year and four-year institutions. Suitable for both majors and non majors World History, Volume 1: to 1500 introduces students to a global perspective of history couched in an engaging narrative. Concepts and assessments…[Read more]
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Ryan J. Lynch's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months ago
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