The Sea in Religious Imaginary: Cults, Spaces, Representations Throughout history, the oceans and seas have always provoked different reactions in the human imagination. They were environments of mystery, fear and the unknown. Invading peoples arrived, pirates and corsairs, floods and storms, spreading destruction and chaos. Whoever dared challenge the sea faced other dangers, such […]
13th session of the Medieval Studies Seminar
This Conference seeks to provide a forum for scholars from all disciplines who are keen about approaching, discussing and advancing knowledge on the processes, forms and channels through which social communication in Medieval Europe developed. We will analyze the main areas where communication played a central role in the achievement of the most diverse objectives. […]
In the 12th and 13th centuries, with the troubadour poetry and the courtly model of Provençal origin, an imaginary of sentimental and intimate contours developed in France, around the theme of love, which would experience continuity in other European contexts, specifically in Italy. The poetic work of Petrarch (1304-1374), innovatively displaying a classical and medieval […]
On Friday 4th January, the first meeting of the CISTERHOR - Horizontes Cistercienses. Estudar e caracterizar um scriptorium medieval e a sua produção. Alcobaça. Identidades locais e uniformidade litúrgica em diálogo / CISTERHOR - Cistercian Horizons. To study and characterize a medieval scriptorium and its production. Alcobaça. Local identities and liturgical uniformity in dialogue (Ref. […]