This year, from October 10th to the 12th 2019, the Institute for Medieval Studies of NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities of Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IEM-NOVA FCSH) and the municipality of Castelo de Vide are organizing the IV International Conference on the Middle Ages, under the theme: Provisioning Medieval European Towns. 

We invite researchers from any scientific area interested in the subject of provisioning urban areas in the medieval period to submit sessions, papers or poster proposals within the range of the following thematic panels: 

  1. The intervention of powers over provisioning: strategies and tensions; 
  1. Evidences of provisioning in medieval urbanism: zonings and constructions; 
  1. Times for trading: Fairs and Markets; 
  1. The faces of provisioning: masters, sellers and merchants; 
  1. On the way to the city: trackways, transportation and routes; 
  1. Production and storage structures; 
  1. Living, eating and drinking in the city: consumption and standards of living; 
  1. Supplying the craftsmen: the supply of raw materials; 
  1. The urban taste: production and consumption of artistic and luxury goods; 
  1. Financing supplies: money, credit and taxes; 
  1. Supervising supplies: monopolies, taxes and fees; 
  1. The repercussions of supply crises: indebtedness, famines and revolts; 
  1. Speeches and representations about provisioning in the city: legislation, literature and iconography; 
  1. Provisioning Castelo de Vide during the Middle Ages. 

Call for sessions and papers deadline: May 31th 
Session and paper acceptance: June 15th 

The meeting will have four plenary conferences carried out by researchers invited by the organization and thematic sessions. Each session will integrate three paper presentations and will be 60 minutes long. Researchers who interested in participating can submit organized sessions or individual papers which will be gathered by the organizing committee in coherent panels. It will also be possible to submit poster proposals within the conference’s thematic panels. 

The meeting will also have a cultural program with guided tours and the Conference Dinner. It will also be launched the book which resulted from de III International Conference on the Middle Ages (Castelo de Vide, October 2018). 

The conference languages are Portuguese, Spanish, French and English. 

Keynote speakers (confirmed): 
Sauro Gelichi (Universidade Ca ‘Foscari de Veneza) 
Emilio Martín Gutiérrez (Universidad de Cadiz) 

Scientific committee: 
Adelaide Millán Costa (U. Aberta) 
Alberto García Porras (U. Granada) 
Antonio Collantes de Terán (U. de Sevilha) 
Antonio Malpica Cuello (U. de Granada) 
Beatriz Arizaga Bolumburu (U. de Cantábria) 
Denis Menjot (U. Lyon 2) 
Hermínia Vilar (U. Évora) 
Iria Gonçalves (U. Nova de Lisboa) 
Isabel del Val Valdivieso (U. de Valladolid) 
Jean-Luc Fray (U. Clermont Auvergne) 
Jean Passini (EHESS-Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales) 
Jesús Solórzano Telechea (U. de Cantábria) 
José Avelino Gutiérrez González (U. de Oviedo) 
Luísa Trindade (U. de Coimbra) 
María Asenjo González (U. Complutense de Madrid) 
Maria Filomena Barros (U. de Évora) 
Maria Helena da Cruz Coelho (U. de Coimbra) 
Mário Barroca (U. do Porto) 
Michel Bochaca (U. de La Rochelle) 
Peter Clark (U. de Helsínquia) 
Wim Blockmans (U. de Leiden) 

Transportation 
The organization will offer bus trips for the speakers from Lisbon Airport – Castelo de Vide – Lisbon Airport, before and after the meeting. The registration pack for speakers includes the bus trips from Lisbon Airport – Castelo de Vide – Lisbon Airport, lunch during conference days, guided tour to Castelo de Vide and Conference Dinner. 

Conference fees 
Speakers (general): 40€ 
University students (undergraduates, MA and PhD): 30€ 
IEM integrated researchers and students at FCSH: 20 € 

Organisation: Instituto de Estudos Medievais (IEM) da Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (NOVA FCSH) and Câmara Municipal de Castelo de Vide 
Organisers: Amélia Aguiar Andrade (IEM-NOVA FCSH), Catarina Tente (IEM-NOVA FCSH), Gonçalo Melo da Silva (IEM-NOVA FCSH), Patrícia Martins (Câmara Municipal de Castelo de Vide) and Sara Prata (IEM-NOVA FCSH)