Category Archives: Publications

The latest issue of Medivalista about Military Orders, coordinated by Luís Filipe Oliveira and Gregory Leighton, has been published and is now available on the journal’s website. Articles ‘From the East to the West: The Military Orders Thematic Dossier – … Lire la suite →

Im Mittelalter rechtfertigten die Benediktinerabteien ihre Existenz durch ihre Isolation von der Welt. Um zu überleben, mussten die Abteien der umgebenden Bevölkerung Waren oder Dienstleistungen abgewinnen (Oblaten, Nahrung, Schutz…) und dafür andere zur Verfügung stellen (politische Unterstützung, Gastfreundschaft…). Mittelalterliche Klöster … Lire la suite →

This book examines the place of physical bodies, a major topic of natural philosophy that has occupied philosophers since antiquity. Aristotle’s conceptions of place (topos) and the void (kenon), as expounded in the Physics, were systematically repudiated by John Philoponus … Lire la suite →

Late medieval books served as treasure chests for all kinds of religious keepsakes, notably small metal badges. Devotees sewed these religious badges and pilgrimage souvenirs to the parchment of their treasured devotional books and manuscript illuminators depicted silver en gilt … Lire la suite →

I saggi pubblicati in questo volume affrontano due momenti fondamentali della storia della scrittura latina in Italia: definizione e diffusione della nuova scrittura libraria che ha dominato l’Occidente fra XIII e XVI secolo, cioè la littera textualis; caratteri e varietà della … Lire la suite →

This book traces the history of one of the central actors in the transformation of the Western educational system between the 9th and 13th centuries: the cathedral schoolmaster. Originally responsible for running the episcopal school, this ecclesiastical official eventually became … Lire la suite →

This publication explores the interactions between the inhabitants of early medieval England and their contemporaries in continental Europe. Starting with a brief excursus on previous treatments of the topic, the discussion then focuses on Anglo-Saxon geographical perceptions and representations of … Lire la suite →

La Translatio SS. Januarii, Festi et Desiderii (BHL n. 4140), composizione agiografica di area beneventana redatta intorno alla metà del secolo IX, narra il trasferimento dei resti mortali di san Gennaro dalle catacombe di Capodimonte in Napoli a Benevento (anno … Lire la suite →

Les deux textes mis à la disposition du public dans cette édition critique, accompagnée d’une traduction et de notes, nous ont été transmis sous le nom de Syrianus. Ils sont contemporains du philosophe et commentateur néoplatonicien Syrianus d’Alexandrie († 437), … Lire la suite →

Avit de Vienne est l’auteur des cinq chants de l’Histoire spirituelle, qui célèbre l’importance du Christ dans la catéchèse baptismale, par la glorification des patriarches Adam, Noé et Moïse. Évêque catholique appartenant à l’aristocratie gallo-romaine, Avit est un lettré d’une … Lire la suite →