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PresentationCIUHCT and Mosteiro of Batalha present the conference Wisdom and Science in the (Iberian) Middle Ages. A day dedicated to medieval knowledge, with renowned&#160;international speakers. The keynote speaker will be Professor Charles Burnett of the Warburg Institute, London (see programme below).The conference will take place in the beautiful Gothic monastery of Batalha, one of Portugal's medieval architectonic treasures on the 15th of October of 2016.RegistrationRegistration at CEPAE by&#160;email (cepae@sapo.pt)&#160;or phone (+351244766199)Fee7&#8364;Programa | Programme10:30 &#183;&#160;Recep&#231;&#227;o | Enrollment10:45 &#183;&#160;Abertura | Opening11:00 &#183; Keynote lecture&#160;The Transmission of the &#8220;Highest Wisdom&#8221; (Astrology, Alchemy and Magic) in Medieval Iberia.&#160;Charles Burnett (The Warburg Institute, SAS, University of London)11:45 &#183; &#160;Science of the soul and wisdom in Petrus Hispanus Portugalensis&#160;&#183; A ci&#234;ncia da alma e a sabedoria em Pedro Hispano. Jos&#233; Meirinhos (Faculdade de Letras, Universidade do Porto)12:15 &#183;&#160;Preliminary remarks on the 'Compendium artis arismetice' by Roland of Lisbon&#160;&#183; Observa&#231;&#245;es preliminares sobre o 'Compendium artis aritmetice' de Rolando de Lisboa.&#160;Henrique Leit&#227;o (CIUHCT, Faculdade de Ci&#234;ncias, Universidade de Lisboa)13:00 &#183; Almo&#231;o | Lunch break15:00 &#183;&#160;At the Service of Divination: Texts and Instruments in the Practice of Astrology.&#160;Josefina Rodriguez-Arribas (Institut f&#252;r J&#252;dische Studien, Westf&#228;lische Wilhelms-Universit&#228;t)15:30 &#183; &#160;The Place of Astrology in medieval Physiognomy.&#160;Joseph Ziegler (University of Haifa)16:00 &#183; &#160;Sources for astrological knowledge in the court of Avis&#160;&#183; Fontes para a astrologia na corte de Avis.&#160;Helena Avelar de Carvalho (The Warburg Institute, SAS, University of London)&#160;Lu&#237;s Campos Ribeiro (IEM, FCSH, Universidade Nova de Lisboa)16:30 &#183; Coffee break17:00 &#183; &#160;Manuscritos &#8220;cient&#237;ficos&#8221; da livraria de Alcoba&#231;a&#160;&#183; &#8220;Scientific&#8221; manuscripts of the library of Alcoba&#231;a.&#160;Catarina Fernandes Barreira (IEM, FCSH, Universidade Nova de Lisboa)17:30 &#183; &#160;Venturas e desventuras dos estudantes na universidade medieval&#160; &#183; Student life in the medieval university.&#160;M&#225;rio Farelo (IEM, FCSH, Universidade Nova de Lisboa)18:00 &#183; End