Knowledge, health, and power in the early modern world

Organisation: Dorit Brixius (German Historical Institute) and Rafael Mandressi (Centre Alexandre-Koyré)

Pre-registration and information

Program

9.15 Welcome and introduction
Dorit Brixius and Rafael Mandressi

9.30-11.00 Regulations and institutions
Chair: Martin Dinges (Robert Bosch Stiftung Stuttgart)

Carolin Schmitz (European University Institute, Florence)
When medical pluralism meets legal pluralism: Monarchical, ecclesiastical and municipal interests in regulating medical practice in early modern Castile

Camille Sallé (European University Institute, Florence)
Hôpitaux et soignants dans la vice-royauté du Pérou, XVII^e siècle

11.00-11.30 Coffee break

11.30-13.00 Healing knowledge and remedies
Chair: Michael Stolberg (Julius-Maximilian-Universität Würzburg)

Justin Rivest (University of Cambridge):
Faire l’épreuve: The French Armed Forces and the Bulk Market for Proprietary Drugs circa 1700

Kalle Kananoja (University of Helsinki):
Folk Healing and Health Care Practices in Eighteenth-Century Angola

13.00-14.00 Lunch break

14.00–15.30 Physicians and their expertise
Chair: Dorit Brixius (GHI)

Rafael Mandressi (Centre Alexandre-Koyré)
Médecine, médecins et pouvoirs à Paris au temps de Jean Riolan fils (1600‒1670)

Elisa Andretta (CNRS‒LARHRA)
Médecins, pouvoir et territoire dans l’Espagne de Charles V: les expertises sur la santé d’Alcalá de 1544

15.30-16.00 Coffee break

16.00-17.00 General discussion