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Organització i estructuració del poder al si d'un Orde Militar: el cas de l'Orde de Montesa (segles XIV-XV)
1995
The majority of works on the history of the Military Order of Montesa are based on classic works referring to the Modern Ages and therefore they assign to the Middle Ages meaningless scherna and organizational outlines. The purpose of this paper is to find out the territorial distribution of the Montesa manors in the Kingdom of Valencia at the time of its foundation, and its changes through the Middle Ages, emphasizing the distribution of powes and competences between the Friars memberships of the Order and the Master, owner of the rights of the “Mesa Maestral". We know that during the XIV and XV Centuries there was a concentration of power in the hands of the Master. With this authority, h…
Shedding Light on the Dark Ages: Sketching Potential Trade Relationships in Early Medieval Romania through Mitochondrial DNA Analysis of Sheep Remains
2021
Southeast Europe has played an important role in shaping the genetic diversity of sheep due to its proximity to the Danubian route of transport from the Near East into Europe, as well as its possible role as a post-domestication migration network and long tradition of sheep breeding. The history of Romania and, in particular, the historical province of Dobruja, located on the shore of the Black Sea, has been influenced by its geographical position at the intersection between the great powers of the Near East and mainland Europe, with the Middle Ages being an especially animated time in terms of trade, migration, and conflict. In this study, we analyzed the mitochondrial control region of fi…
Al servicio del rey. Sobre la carta real diplomática de la Corona de Aragón (1336-1458)
2017
El objetivo de este artículo es reconstruir la evolución morfológica de la carta real diplomática catalanoaragonesa entre los reinados de Pedro el Ceremonioso y Alfonso el Magnánimo. A lo largo de este período, esta tipología documental, siguiendo los principios del Ars dictaminis, adaptó sus características externas e internas a las acciones jurídicas que contenía y a sus destinatarios, sin renunciar por ello a su simplicidad material y textual. Con su adecuación a las necesidades comunicativas de la monarquía, la carta real diplomática se convirtió en un instrumento de gobierno que contribuyó al fortalecimiento del poder real y anticipó formas que alcanzarán su pleno desarrollo en época m…
Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose and Intertextuality : Eastern Themes
2020
Abstract The Name of the Rose , first novel by Umberto Eco, the Italian novelist and semiotician was published in 1980. The story happens in the Middle Ages (14th century) in an abbey, having a large and wonderful library. This historical detective story is a complicated novel full of intricate signs and symbols. In this paper, some of the themes of The Name of the Rose found in Eastern texts are discussed that indicate intertextuality and the immense amount of knowledge that Eco had of literature. It is stated that the frame tale is very much similar to Kalila va Demna and some of the subplots of the novel have similarities with stories from ancient Iran and the Middle East. Keywords: The …
The Emergence of Universities in the Middle Ages
2019
The chapter begins with an analysis of the historical context in which European universities were born. The time of the emergence of universities (the twelfth and thirteenth centuries) coincided with a major medieval transition period in Europe, characterised by changes both in social power structures and in the ecclesiastical thinking of the Catholic Church. The analysis is followed by a description of the emergence of the first universities – Bologna and Paris – which became the models for other universities. The idea of restoring the true and original university (reformatio) was followed at the new universities founded throughout Europe, even though each university developed its own vers…
Comparative statistical studies on the physical anthropology of the late Medieval period (A.D. 1000–1500)
1984
Continuing previous studies on preceding temporal periods, a total of 162 skeletal series from the late Medieval period are analysed. The dendrogram reveals an east cluster as in the other periods but a west cluster is not evident possibly because western Europe is represented by very few series. Moreover, we find a Scandinavian and a Turk cluster. Regional or ethnic pooling of the original series gives an affinity structure which is more influenced by geographic proximity than by ethnic relation. This structure predominantly reflects differentiations of skull width and length and to a lesser degree of facial height. The diachronic trend appears again, but in this period there is only a sli…
Relazione antropologica preliminare inumato 1386
2018
Sui resti della Villa tardoantica del Casale di Piazza Armerina, tra il X secolo d.C. e gli inizi dell’XI si era impiantato un vasto insediamento islamico che occupava una vasta area anche a sud e a nord della Villa, di cui è stato esplorato un ampio settore con una strada glareata su cui si aprivano le unità residenziali, alcune delle quali presentavano un cortile interno basolato in cui si trovavano anche un focolare e un forno, intorno a cui si dislocavano i vari ambienti e spesso anche una scala per l’accesso al piano superiore o al tetto. Improvvisamente l’abitato venne abbandonato e i suoi resti furono livellati ; mentre a partire dalla metà dell’XI secolo viene costruito un nuovo abi…
Premessa
2019
After having isolated and described what he calls "epiphanies of the royal body in the image", replacing the royal body, physical, of some rulers of the Hauteville dynasties (Roger II, William I, William II) and Staufen (Henry VI, Frederick II, Manfredi), which we received through seals in lead and wax and coins, as well as in mosaics, paintings and monumental sculptures (but there is also mention of those lost), in a chronological span that goes from 1130 to 1266, the author assesses them for each visuality, reception and performance, i.e. commission, recipients, mode of use (or non-use) social, sources and models, location.
Los Dominicos y las creencias y prácticas religiosas de las mujeres de Palermo en los siglos XIV y XV
2020
After the Sicilian Vespers (1282) in Palermo the Dominicans played a fundamental role, and conditioned believes and religious practices of women in their sermons, that in the XIIIth and XIVth centuries mainly dealt with heresy, in the XVth century with marriage and the role of women in the society. The Dominicans were chosen by women as witnessess and executors. Albamonte de Falconerio, widow of the knight Giovanni de Camerana Palermo, gave a lot of money and sacred vestments to friar Martino de Panormo, inquisitor of heretics. The countess Benvenuta Mastrangelo and her mother Palma charged the Dominicans to found a convent, that the friars dedicated to St. Catherine of Alexandria. Virgin M…
Dal profano al sacro: oreficerie e abiti nella Sicilia tardo-medievale
2019
Nell’Europa tardo medioevale le leggi suntuarie disciplinarono l’uso di abiti e gioielli e i frati predicatori portarono avanti campagne moralizzatrici contro il lusso, con discorsi nelle piazze e roghi delle vanità. In Sicilia gioielli e abiti lussuosi divennero una forma d’investimento, servivano per costituire le doti, si trasmettevano in eredità e potevano essere impegnati. Modificare gli oggetti profani, simbolo di peccato, in paramenti e arredi sacri fu considerata un’opera meritoria, fondamentale per la salvezza dell’anima. Beni temporali, acquistati a volte con un arricchimento illecito, subivano una metamorfosi che consentiva di conciliare aeterna e temporalia. Nel Trecento nobildo…