The book "What was Skaryna's illness?" is an atypical attempt to understand the life of Frantishko Skaryna through the prism of medicine. The author analyzes biographical facts, the context of the time, and the state of medical knowledge in the 16th century in order to make a possible diagnosis 500 years later. This book is both a historical study and an intellectual provocation.
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Franciszek Skaryna is one of the most studied and at the same time one of the most mysterious figures in Belarusian history. A giant of the European Renaissance, an original thinker and artist... We know a lot about Skaryna, but his biography still has many gaps and unsolved mysteries.
