Abstract

SERRANO LARRAYOZ, Fernando. Dietary prescriptions for the elites of the kingdom of Navarre in the 16th century: the cases of Juan Rena and Juan de Alarcón. Dynamis [online]. 2014, vol.34, n.1, pp.169-192. ISSN 2340-7948.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S0211-95362014000100009.

The aim of this article is to present and analyse four dietary prescriptions from the 16th century prepared for Juan Rena, a cleric of Venetian origin, and his servant Juan de Alarcón, which are kept at the Archivo General de Navarra. These documents demonstrate the interest of the patients and physicians in dietetics, understood as a group of health and hygienic measures based on the Galenic res naturales and res non naturales. These four prescriptions are closely related to the ad personam or consilia health regimens, which represent a genre of medical literature whose significance in Renaissance Spain has received little attention. The cases studied reveal the high esteem in which the elites held the possession of therapeutic resources adapted to their individual needs, which were compiled and copied for personal use.

Keywords : dietary prescriptions; Juan Rena; Juan de Alarcón; Navarre; 16th century.

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