The IEM - Institute of Medieval Studies and the IHC - Institute of Contemporary History, both research units of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities, NOVA University are combining to organise the seminar "Portugal as Brazil's medieval past. The cultural and political contexts of tropical Portuguese medievalism". Bringing together a diverse group of researchers, […]
Speaker: Luís Correia de Sousa It is not overstating that no book had such an impact on the intellectual life of the medieval West as the Bible, having become, by the 13th century, a true best-seller. New communities of readers, the patronage of the aristocracy, and new resources for the interpretation of the texts are […]
The second session of the cycle “Manuscritos de Alcobaça II” will take place on April 20th, and will feature lectures by Jonathan Wilson and Maria João Branco, both researchers from the Institute of Medieval Studies of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities of the NOVA University (IEM-NOVA FCSH). 1st Conference:"Alcobaça and the Liturgy of […]