Based on a case study of the Portuguese curial aristocracy in the late Middle Ages, this paper aims to demonstrate the workings of matrimonial exchanges taking place in a dominant […]
EMBIO - Early Medieval Bioanthropology Meetings are organized by CIAS – Research Centre for Anthropology and Health (University of Coimbra) and IEM (Institute for Medieval Studies – NOVA FCSH). The […]
This paper aims to generally present the figure of the convert within the Cistercian Order and its evolution throughout the 12th and 13th centuries. The issue of conversion allows us […]
The last twenty-five years have seen a renewal of landscape archaeology and rural archaeology studies. The introduction of new methodologies and new approaches has led to new approaches and approaches […]
The elections for the IEM board will take place at this meeting. More information will be available soon.
Francisco García Fitz holds a PhD in History from the University of Seville and is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Extremadura. His main line of research has […]
In as early as the 1970s, G. Battelli was drawing attention to the influence of the papal chancellery on the various European chancelleries, which of course derived from this body […]
The Bubonic Plague was an event of almost unique proportions. The mythification of this event that has built up over the subsequent centuries demonstrates the depth of its impact and […]
RURALIA is an international association for the archaeology of medieval settlement and rural life. It provides a European-wide platform for the scientific exchange on current problems in rural archaeology in […]
Situated on the very margins of the Western Catholic world in the Middle Ages, Bosnia was relatively late in accepting and adopting heraldic symbolism. In fact, Bosnian rulers were the […]
On 22-25 September 2021, to celebrate its third year of existence, the Research Workshop IUS ILLUMINATUM is organising, in collaboration with the Institute of Medieval Studies (IEM) of NOVA/FCSH, the […]
