The international conference “Using the Past: The Middle Ages in the Spotlight” will take place at the Monastery of Santa Maria da Vitória (Batalha, Portugal) on December 9–12, 2020. The conference aims at bringing together scholars from all around the world concerned with the uses of the medieval past. Participants will address when, where, how, […]
Coordination: IEMOrganization: IEM NOVA FCSHvenue: NOVA FCSH, Colégio Almada Negreiros (Campolide)
The purpose of the seminar is to present the results of the work produced by members of the research workshop IUS ILLUMINATUM, characterised by its multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach to the study of illuminated legal manuscripts and their circulation in medieval Europe; a study that has developed and deepened considerably in Portugal over the last […]
The aim of the seminar is to present the work of the researchers who are members of the IUS ILLUMINATUM research workshop (https://iusilluminata.fcsh.unl.pt/), characterized by a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach to the study of illuminated legal manuscripts and their circulation in medieval Europe; a study that has developed and enriched considerably in Portugal over the […]
Few monastic orders have more conjecture surrounding them than the Hieronymite monks, the only one of Iberian foundation and whose male branch expanded exclusively throughout the Peninsula. They were born in the midst of the definition of the so-called devotio moderna, in the Castile of the 19th century, and with a triple nationality: Italian, Castilian […]
The Annual meeting of the research Project Cistercian Horizons will be held January 22nd 2021, in a zoom session next to you! In this meeting will be presented the scientific and societal activities for the year.
As an (imperfect) review of the literature on the architectural history of the Monastery of Batalha, we propose a dynamic approach based on the dichotomy between its Portuguese and international roots generated by the successive nationalist theses and their antitheses. This tour demonstrates how the well-known tale The Vault (1401) by Alexandre Herculano crystallised the […]
WORCK represents a radical change of perspective in labour history by considering that different labour relations have coexisted, intertwined, and overlapped throughout history. It seeks to overcome the classic divisions in the discourse of this field (productive/unproductive, free/non-free, capitalist/precapitalist) by linking studies of labour and production with those of violence, expropriation, and marginalization. Rejecting the […]
Extraordinary Seminar "Ecclesiastic Clientele Networks and Beneficiary Politics in the Iberian Peninsula Kingdoms during the Late Middle Ages" At the confluence of a fruitful historiographical current and the increasingly marked interest in the history of the institutions of power in the medieval period, this seminar focuses on networks of sociability related to the medieval Monarchy […]
In the 21st century, the study of the High Middle Ages (400-800) has become one of the most dynamic research themes in Medieval Archaeology. In this sense, the renewed interest of the scientific community in the study of this period has generated a new historical paradigm that: highlights the continuity of the Roman world, reduces […]
The 2nd Webinars Cycle "Heraldry in Traveling European Legal Manuscripts" is part of the research project "ManJusEurIt - European Traveling Legal Manuscripts" conducted by Maria Alessandra Bilotta, also linked to activities of the IUS ILLUMINATUM research team (https: //iusilluminata.fcsh.unl.pt) scientifically coordinated by the same researcher. The Webinar Cycle is organized by the Institute of Medieval […]
