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 […]
Color played an important role in the presentation of the deceased and his or her memory in the funerary art of the late Middle Ages. The carved stone or wooden tomb was often painted, but it could also be made from materials chosen for their chromatic effect, such as enameled metal or certain colored stones. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 "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 […]
The FALCO Project promoted the second of three internal seminars for the team on July 8th and 9th, 2022. It was the only plenary seminar where researchers and consultants could meet in person, with activities divided between CAN and the Royal Falconry of Salvaterra de Magos.
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 […]
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 […]
The Institute of Medieval Studies (IEM-NOVA FCSH), in partnership with the Centre of Religious History Studies (UCP-CEHR), is hosting the International Seminar on Medieval Religious History, which thus resumes, albeit with a new structure and scope, the traditions of the previous cycles of this Seminar on Medieval Religious History, broken off in 2013. In the […]