Professor Juliette Day will deliver a present a communictation entitled "Eucharistic Materiality and Lay Liturgical Experiences in the Early Middle Ages" as part of the IEM Conference Cycle, following up and developing the theme already more succinctly presented at the last edition of the "Medieval Europe in Motion" International Congress, held at the Monastery of […]
On 27 and 28 October 2020, Professor Juliette Day will give a lecture and a postgraduate seminar, via Zoom, to undergraduate and postgraduate students of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities, NOVA University (NOVA FCSH), respectively on the "Liturgy and architecture of the 4th century Jerusalem" and on the methodologies, problems and potentials associated […]
Despite the existence of many studies on the sources and the circumstances that would lead to the composition of the Cantigas de Santa Maria (Songbook), elaborated in the scriptorium of the Castilian-Leonese King Alfonso X during the second half of the 13th century, many questions still remain unanswered before there is a satisfactory explanation whether […]
The Colloquium "O Feminismo nos Arquivos" (Females in the Archives) takes place between 16 and 18 November 2020, broadcast live online. This represents an initiative by the Regional Directorate of Culture, through the Public Library and Regional Archive of Ponta Delgada, through an ongoing scientific partnership with CHAM Azores, a unit of the Humanities Research […]
RiMS - Research in Medieval Studies aims to raise awareness of the latest scientific advances and discuss innovative approaches to medievalism at the international level. The first meeting (26 and 27 November) will discuss the linkage between production and trade across several European regions over an extended timeline. Factors such as technical and technological innovation, […]
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 […]