The Croatian Glagolitic Rule of St. Benedict By Marija-Ana Dürrigl Croatian Medical Journal, Vol 44:1 (2003) Introduction: Croatian medieval culture held a specific position between the East and West, where Central Europe meets the Mediterranean. It partly inherited works belonging to the common Slavic tradition, but it was also open to influences from the Latin West from […]
Temporal Trends in Demographic Profiles and Stress Levels in Medieval (6th–13th)
February 14, 2009 By
Temporal Trends in Demographic Profiles and Stress Levels in Medieval (6th–13th Century) Population Samples from Continental Croatia By Mario Šlaus, Dana Kollmann, Shannon A. Novak and Mario Novak Croatian Medical Journal, Vol.45:3 (2002) Aim: To analyze and compare the demographic profiles and disease frequencies of early (6th-9th century) and late (10th-13th century) medieval skeletal series from continental Croatia. […]
Medicine and Society in the Medieval Hospital
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Medicine and Society in the Medieval Hospital By Tatjana Buklijaš Croatian Medical Journal, Vol. 49:2 (2008) Introduction: Hospitals today are places where medical treatment is provided, but also places where major life events, such as birth and death, occur. Yet, their history is relatively short; they were born, together with modern medicine, some two hundred years ago […]
Views on Sexuality in Croatian Medieval Sources
February 14, 2009 By
To explore sexuality in the Middle Ages is always a challenge, leading the investigator through a complex area of controversies. This is partly because medieval writers were not explicit and often used cryptic language, mostly to avoid committing sin by talking about issues, which, as they thought, were essentially corrupted
Public health problems in the medieval statutes of Vinodol, Vrbnik and Senj (West Croatia)
October 6, 2008 By
Public health problems in the medieval statutes of Vinodol, Vrbnik and Senj (West Croatia) By Jozip Azman et al., Journal of Public Health, vol. 28:2 (2006) Background The ancient Croatian statutes were written in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The aim of this study was to seek out regulations concerning public health in the oldest […]
Interview with János Bak, Central European Medieval Texts Series
September 27, 2008 By
János Bak is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University (CEU), in Budapest. He is also one of the General Editors of the Central European Medieval Text Series, which consists of narrative sources on medieval Bohemia, Croatia, Hungary, Poland and their neighboring countries. Each volume contains the Latin (or medieval vernacular) […]
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