Calendar

During the Middle Ages, the Church was a universal institution in Western Europe, which placed itself above kingdoms, lordships, and other political entities. Medieval society, practically as a whole, considered divine worship and the salvation of the soul one of its main priorities. This fact explains why the ecclesiastical institution was a beneficiary and accumulated […]

The II Medievalism and Neomedievalism Gathering Cycle, which will take place between March and June 2023, is organized within the scope of the seminar, under the same theme, which is part of the curricular offer of the Doctoral Program in Medieval Studies (E-learning) , coordinated by the Universidades Aberta and NOVA de Lisboa. In its second edition, the cycle […]

The 2nd Webinars Cycle “Dialogues of Art, History and Law” is organized by the Institute of Medieval Studies (IEM- NOVA/FCSH), together with the IUS ILLUMINATUM research team and in partnership with the Portuguese Heraldry Institute (IPH), the Capitular Library of Verona and the Capitular Library of Vercelli.  This initiative, organized by a scientific and organizational […]

The 2nd Webinars Cycle “Dialogues of Art, History and Law” is organized by the Institute of Medieval Studies (IEM- NOVA/FCSH), together with the IUS ILLUMINATUM research team and in partnership with the Portuguese Heraldry Institute (IPH), the Capitular Library of Verona and the Capitular Library of Vercelli. This initiative, organized by a scientific and organizational committee […]

It is impossible to remain indifferent to a historic house. Its architecture marks the landscape of villages, towns, and cities. With greater or lesser grandeur, each house holds a unique story, shared from generation to generation, often kept in secular documents that are now beginning to reveal their secrets. The owners have the difficult task […]

The seminar aims to present unpublished or little known manuscripts, resulting from the writing of the history and memory of a family group that achieved great importance at court and in the kingdom between the 15th and 17th centuries, the Castelo-Branco family. Two of these manuscripts are in private hands and are being recovered for […]