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I Conference Cycle “Viver, ler e rezar no Mosteiro de Lorvão (séculos XIII a XVI)”: “Le monachisme féminin cistercien: les royaumes de Castille et d’Aragon (XIIe – XIVe siècles)” – Ghislain Baury (Le Mans Université)

The Institute of Medieval Studies (NOVA FCSH) runs the Conference Cycle "Viver, ler e rezar no Mosteiro de Lorvão (séculos XIII a XVI))" (Living, reading and praying in Lorvão Abbey (13th to 16th centuries)), integrated into the project Books, Rituals and Space in a Cistercian Nunnery. Living, Praying and Reading in Lorvão, 13th-16th centuries (ref. […]

Cycle of Talks: “Medievalismos e Neomedievalismos” – Session 4

The cycle of conferences on "Medievalismos e Neomedievalismos" (Medievalisms and Neomedievalisms), which takes place during the months of April to June 2022, is organised within the framework of a new seminar on the same theme, which forms part of the Medieval Studies Doctoral Program curriculum (E-learning), coordinated by Universidade Aberta and NOVA University. The cycle […]

Heraldry in Traveling European Legal Manuscripts – 3rd Cycle of International and Interdisciplinary Webinars: 3rd session

The 3rd 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 Studies […]

Seminar in Medieval Studies: “As escalas de atuação das elites dourienses durante a configuração do reino de Leão (ca. 850-ca. 950)” – Gonzalo J. Escudero Manzano (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

The historiography on the Asturian-Leonese expansion across the Meseta do Douro has emphasised the exclusive role played by the monarchy in organising this territory and imposing authority over the peasant communities that survived the destruction of the Kingdom of Toledo. Nevertheless, this perception is subject to distortion due to overemphasising the royal political framework and […]

Permanent Seminar on Mercantile Economies, Societies and Cultures: “France, Western Merchants and Islamic Law in the Ottoman Mediterranean (late-sixteenth and early-seventeenth century)” – Viorel Panaite

My story on Western merchants in the Ottoman Mediterranean has chronological, geographical and legal limits imposed by MS Turc 130 (BnF, Paris). This manuscript proves the necessity to legitimate the clauses of capitulations (ahdnames) by legal opinions (fetvas). MS Turc 130 illustrates also practical aspects of commercial diplomacy at the Ottoman Court, and reveals the […]

Conference Cycle SEA US: “Molinos de mareas y corrales de pesca a finales de la Edad Media. Reflexiones en torno al Patrimonio Cultural y Natural en el Golfo de Cádiz” – Emilio Martín Gutiérrez (Universidad de Cádiz)

On 30th June, there is the latest session of the SEA US Conference Cycle organised by the UNESCO Chair “The Ocean’s Cultural Heritage”. The guest speaker at this IEM co-organised session entitled "Molinos de mareas y corrales de pesca a finales de la Edad Media. Reflections on Cultural and Natural Heritage in the Gulf of […]

International Medieval Congress | 2022

The International Medieval Congress (IMC) provides an interdisciplinary forum for sharing ideas relating to all aspects of the Middle Ages. Since its inception in 1994 the IMC has brought researchers from different countries, backgrounds, and disciplines together, providing opportunities for networking and professional development in an open and inclusive environment. It is organised and administered […]

International Conference: “Bases de dados arquivísticas entre o projecto e a comunidade”

International Conference "Archive databases between project and community” "Free software and proprietary software", "Digital platforms at the service of History" and "AtoM between descriptive metadata and the reconstitution of archives" feature among the main themes of this international workshop, promoted by the VINCULUM project, which brings together a group of experts from various nationalities to […]

Workshop “Bases de dados arquivísticas em open source para historiadores”

This workshop’s objective involves enabling historians and researchers who handle archival sources to use open source databases such as AtoM and Archivematica, components of the Trusted Digital Archival Repositories - RDC-Arq, specifically designed for digital preservation and for the large-scale representation and dissemination of archival information and thereby ensuring long-term access. The workshop therefore focuses […]

Seminar in Medieval Studies: “La transposition du langage juridique au langage figuratif. Quelques exemples tirés des manuscrits de « droit civil » de la BnF (XIII-XIV siècle)” – Viviana Persi (Centre d’Histoire Judiciaire – Université de Lille 2)

This contribution analyzes the illustrations of the Corpus iuris civilis contained in a group of manuscripts currently held in the Latin collection and in the new Latin acquisitions of the BnF. This corpus includes about forty illuminated manuscripts from the thirteenth (early) and fourteenth (mid) centuries in northern Italy, southern France and Catalonia. It is […]