Worlds in contact

Worlds in contact

—The crossroads of cultures, languages and religions in the Middle Ages: Muslims, Jews and Christians in the production of scientific knowledge.—   We must bear in mind that, during the Middle Ages, Europe was a scene of profound and diverse cultural...
Arnau de Vilanova

Arnau de Vilanova

—Physician to popes and kings, reformer of the teaching of medicine at the beginning of the fourteenth century, prolific writer, diplomat and theologian in search of a new Christianity.—   Arnau de Vilanova is undoubtedly one of the most appealing...
Claudius Galen and Galenism

Claudius Galen and Galenism

—The synthesis of classical medicine carried out by Galen and his followers succeeded in creating the model that prevailed in the Western world until the eighteenth century.—   Few figures dedicated to the study of the human body, both in health and...
From darkness to light: a false metaphor

From darkness to light: a false metaphor

—The beginning of a journey through the production of knowledge on nature in the civilisations of Antiquity: Mesopotamia, Egypt and classical Greece.—   The term ‘science’ has different meanings, all of which are legitimate. It is not at...