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Este trabajo pretende ser un breve análisis de la labor científica de la santa Hildegarda de Bingen a través de distintas fuentes y recursos centrados en este tema. El trabajo se dividirá en una breve biografía y una serie de datos sobre... more
Reviewed in: BUKSZ--Budapesti Könyvszemle (Beatrix F. Romhányi), Catholic Historical Review (Katherine L. Jansen), Collectanea Franciscana (Aleksander Horowski), Deutsches Archiv für Erforschung des Mittelalters (Veronika Lukas),... more
This article presents a manuscript that significantly enriches the textual corpus of ›Helfta Mysticism‹ with a series of hitherto unknown writings. Aside from this, it contains what is by some distance the oldest copy of the ›Legatus... more
Llamada para presentar propuesta de comunicación en formato oral o póster sobre la temática de este año "Exclusión y disciplina social en la ciudad medieval europea" (8-10 de noviembre de 2017)
This is a bibliography of primary sources in translation prepared as a guide for students doing research projects for my undergraduate course, HST 362, on concepts of sex and gender in the Middle Ages. The version posted here was last... more
Étude dans le cadre d'un Master 2 Histoire soutenu à l'Université de Besançon en septembre 2016 consacré à l'iconographie de sainte Marguerite d'Antioche dans le quart nord-est de la France (XIIe - XVe).
Transhumance of livestock away from the home farms during the summer months played an important role in the subsistence economics of small farms in Iceland since the settlement in the ninth century. However, the role of summer pastures... more
This paper seeks to provide a new contribution to the debates on Viking Age women by focusing on a rather controversial notion of ‘female warriors’. The core of the article comprises a preliminary survey of archaeological evidence for... more
A draft translation of extracts from the 'Annales Altahenses' (Annals of Niederaltaich, written c.1075) on Henry IV of Germany's marriage to Bertha of Savoy in 1066, his attempt to repudiate Bertha in 1069, and her mother, Adelaide of... more
«Ecco un libro che sa affiancare il rigore della ricerca alla fre-schezza e alla semplicità del dettato narrativo, lungi tanto dalla pedanteria di certo accademismo quanto dalla semplificazione di-vulgativa» (dalla Prefazione di Franco... more
In medieval historical narratives, including chronicles and many romances, violent and explicit scenes of childbirth often accompany political upheaval or dramatic genealogical changes. In such scenes, childbirth-including pregnancy,... more
A short note about one of the most spectacular manuscripts known to have been written and illuminated by women.
Barcelona (Spain), April 3-4, 2018. Institut de Cultura (UPF), Forma. Revista d’Estudis Comparatius, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, SEIFMAR
A period in history which the Renaissance scholars pejoratively called the «Middle Ages» was marked by the emergence of Europe— the rise and development of the Western civilisation. The centuries from the fourth to the fifteenth proved... more
This paperback edition of the 'Trotula' ensemble differs from the 2001 hardback edition in the following ways: - it omits the critical edition of the Latin "standardized ensemble," retaining only the modern English translation - the... more
An article published in Skírnir 187 (2013), 161-75.
The rise of the Capetian dynasty across the long thirteenth century, which rested in part on the family's perceived sanctity, is a story most often told through the actions of male figures, from Louis IX's metamorphosis into "Saint Louis"... more
Chi non ricorda l’episodio dell’incontro di Francesco col lebbroso? Ma dietro quella scena ce ne sono molte altre simili, a partire da quella evangelica, che erano ancora ben presenti all’uomo del Duecento. Ne sono protagonisti personaggi... more
Ponencia invitada en el Seminario de Historia Medieval con el título: "La mujer en la Edad Media". Organizado por la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación y Humanidades de Cuenca. Departamento de... more
Until recently, studies in the architectural history of medieval and early modern Europe have assumed an all-male labor force on the construction site and in the related building trades. Historical chronicles and manuscript illuminations... more
Margery Kempe's various illnesses, mental, spiritual and physical, are a recurring theme in her Book. This volume, the first full-length interdisciplinary study from a medical humanities perspective, offers a medicalized reading of... more
"El tratado "De secretis mulierum" [...] es un peculiar tratado de medicina, atribuido erróneamente a Alberto Magno, que tuvo una gran circulación en Europa Central entre los siglos XIV y XVII, especialmente en el ámbito alemán [...]... more
A synthesis on women's theological and legal standing in the Orthodox world I. Women in earliest Christian teaching II. Women in the Byzantine tradition 1. Legal standing 2. Laywomen 3. Empresses 4. Consacrated women III. Women and... more
Caterina Vigri's practice of "exhorting and leading" her sisters, especially in the setting of their weekly Chapter Meeting, was at the core of her Clarissan Observant identity. Thus, this chapter will use the Sermoni to explore the... more
Introduzione, traduzione italiana con testo latino a fronte a cura di Paola Casali. La donna non è solo “tanto gentile e tanto onesta”. Anche il nostro medioevo, come ogni età e troppe culture, non è immune alla misoginia. La raccolta... more
While some scholars have seen the political theory of Christine de Pizan as being very like that of her sources in its presentation of hierarchy as the basis of rightful order, others have stressed the originality of her thought and have... more
A draft translation of three interconnected documents - two charters and a letter - regarding a donation made by Matilda of Tuscany and Canossa (r.1076-1115). The first charter, issued in May 1095, records Matilda's granting of the estate... more
In her ground-breaking new study, Katie Bugyis offers a new history of communities of Benedictine nuns in England from 900 to 1225. By applying innovative paleographical, codicological, and textual analyses to their surviving liturgical... more
O universo lírico das cantigas de amigo é complexo e não uniforme. Entre as suas muitas faces, a questão da violência no quotidiano feminino não está ausente. Através de algumas vozes femininas que encenam, trovadores e jograis abrem-nos... more
The Mamluks, at various ocaasions, organized entertainments, festivals and ceremonies accompanied by the singers and musicians. The female slaves who were bought at early age and skillfuly practised with their male or female master... more