Can a girl become pregnant by taking a bath in water polluted by sperm? Is spontaneous generation possible, and if so, which animals can be born that way – worms only, or people too, if human beings became extinct? Can demons sleep with women, and what is the nature of children born from these mixed unions? What is Mary's contribution to the miraculous conception of Christ, and if this miracle is the work of the Holy Ghost, was Mary really a mother? Medieval theologians, philosophers and physicians have pursued such and similar questions with great candour and energy, and tried to formulate answers in terms of contemporary embryological theories. This book is the first comprehensive study of the debates about the three forms of extraordinar...
This paper reconnects the personal and the biological by extending the reach of parental causality. ...
The aim of this paper is to examine the role of sexually ambiguous human individuals in the Mirabili...
International audienceThis article examines the medieval discussions by philosophers, theologians an...
Can a girl become pregnant by taking a bath in water polluted by sperm? Is spontaneous generation po...
International audienceThe medieval texts examined here illustrate the encounter of natural science a...
International audienceThe idea of birth has stimulated imaginations since the beginning of time, but...
International audienceGenesis tells two different creation stories. According to Gen 1:27, on the si...
The purpose of this study is to analyze some peculiar aspects on the conception of monsters and mons...
The purpose of this study is to analyze some peculiar aspects on the conception of monsters and mons...
International audienceThe subject of Medieval entomology is has remained virtually unexplored. Yet t...
Historical intoduction: The origin of the human being is one of the major philosophical questions. O...
Human birth defects - 'monstrous births' - were described in sixteenth and seventeenth century Europ...
International audienceThis article examines medieval ideas about the human status and access to the ...
The medieval English romance The King of Tars gives an account of a birth of a lump of flesh. This h...
Since the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species in 1859, there has been much scho...
This paper reconnects the personal and the biological by extending the reach of parental causality. ...
The aim of this paper is to examine the role of sexually ambiguous human individuals in the Mirabili...
International audienceThis article examines the medieval discussions by philosophers, theologians an...
Can a girl become pregnant by taking a bath in water polluted by sperm? Is spontaneous generation po...
International audienceThe medieval texts examined here illustrate the encounter of natural science a...
International audienceThe idea of birth has stimulated imaginations since the beginning of time, but...
International audienceGenesis tells two different creation stories. According to Gen 1:27, on the si...
The purpose of this study is to analyze some peculiar aspects on the conception of monsters and mons...
The purpose of this study is to analyze some peculiar aspects on the conception of monsters and mons...
International audienceThe subject of Medieval entomology is has remained virtually unexplored. Yet t...
Historical intoduction: The origin of the human being is one of the major philosophical questions. O...
Human birth defects - 'monstrous births' - were described in sixteenth and seventeenth century Europ...
International audienceThis article examines medieval ideas about the human status and access to the ...
The medieval English romance The King of Tars gives an account of a birth of a lump of flesh. This h...
Since the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species in 1859, there has been much scho...
This paper reconnects the personal and the biological by extending the reach of parental causality. ...
The aim of this paper is to examine the role of sexually ambiguous human individuals in the Mirabili...
International audienceThis article examines the medieval discussions by philosophers, theologians an...