The prince's body: Vincenzo Gonzaga and Renaissance medicine

"This book is part of the current debate among historians of medicine, cultural studies theorists, gender and sexuality scholars, and literary critics regarding key interrelated preoccupations of the early modern period (or indeed of any period): sexuality, reproduction, beauty, and aging. The...

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Main Author: Finucci, Valeria (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press [2015]
In:Year: 2015
Reviews:[Rezension von: Finucci, Valeria, The Prince's Body: Vincenzo Gonzaga and Renaissance Medicine] (2015) (Zanetti, Cristiano)
Series/Journal:I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Vincenzo, I., Mantua, Herzog 1562-1612 / Bodiliness / Health / Sexuality
B Vincenzo, I., Mantua, Herzog 1562-1612 / Body / Aging / Sexuality / Medicine / History
Further subjects:B Human Body Social aspects (Italy) History
B Renaissance (Italy) Biography
B Aging Social aspects (Italy) History
B Vincenzo I Gonzaga Duke of Mantua (1562-1612) Health
B Medicine (Italy) History 17th century
B Human reproduction Social aspects (Italy) History
B Beauty, Personal Social aspects (Italy) History
B Rejuvenation Social aspects (Italy) History
B Medicine, Medieval (Italy)
B Medicine (Italy) History 16th century
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Summary:"This book is part of the current debate among historians of medicine, cultural studies theorists, gender and sexuality scholars, and literary critics regarding key interrelated preoccupations of the early modern period (or indeed of any period): sexuality, reproduction, beauty, and aging. The author uses as her guide four notorious moments in the life of Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga of Mantua (1562-1612), a well-known patron of arts and music in Renaissance Italy. By examining documents in the Gonzaga and Medici archives--letters, doctors' advice, reports, receipts, travelogues--together with (and against) medical, herbal, theological, even legal publications of the period, she fleshes out an early modern cultural history of the pathology of human reproduction, the physiology of aging, and the science of rejuvenation as they impacted a prince with a large ego and an even larger purse. The questions addressed are wide-ranging: How did the discovery of new body parts translate into political empowerment? What specific physiological issues impacted couples' reproductive agendas? When did the worshipping of beauty motivate radical experimentations with aesthetic surgery?"--Provided by publisher
"This book is part of the current debate among historians of medicine, cultural studies theorists, gender and sexuality scholars, and literary critics regarding key interrelated preoccupations of the early modern period (or indeed of any period): sexuality, reproduction, beauty, and aging. The author uses as her guide four notorious moments in the life of Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga of Mantua (1562-1612), a well-known patron of arts and music in Renaissance Italy. By examining documents in the Gonzaga and Medici archives--letters, doctors' advice, reports, receipts, travelogues--together with (and against) medical, herbal, theological, even legal publications of the period, she fleshes out an early modern cultural history of the pathology of human reproduction, the physiology of aging, and the science of rejuvenation as they impacted a prince with a large ego and an even larger purse. The questions addressed are wide-ranging: How did the discovery of new body parts translate into political empowerment? What specific physiological issues impacted couples' reproductive agendas? When did the worshipping of beauty motivate radical experimentations with aesthetic surgery?"--Provided by publisher
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-261) and index
ISBN:067472545X