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Thesis Chapters by Diana Martins
This dissertation, which benefits from the Merit Scholarship IEM/EGEAC, intents to study the me... more This dissertation, which benefits from the Merit Scholarship IEM/EGEAC, intents
to study the medieval Royal Palace of Alcáçova, the prime residence of the medieval
kings in Lisbon, in the context of the construction of the Royal Palace of Ribeira. This
study is based on a book of building accounts produced between 1507 and 1513.
Call for papers by Diana Martins
Depending on where one would stand in Europe in the Middle Ages, the sea could either be the cent... more Depending on where one would stand in Europe in the Middle Ages, the sea could either be the centre of the known world or its ultimate edge. This mixed potential has always drawn humans into the big unknown, allowing them to use the sea to catch fish, to sail towards distant lands for reasons of faith and trade, to establish contacts with civilisations of different creeds, to wage wars for political and economic domination, and inspired them to write poetry and dream about the world beyond. All this is reflected in the abundant researches from Archaeology, Art History, History, Literature, and other disciplines that, in the past decades, have investigated fisheries and natural resources, overseas trade and commercial institutions, maritime power and socioeconomic conflict management, religious migrations, among other topics.
The last decades have witnessed the development of studies on material culture, favouring an inte... more The last decades have witnessed the development of studies on material culture, favouring an inter- and multidisciplinary approach. This has enabled a more cohesive reading of the way in which the medieval Man related to his material environment, manipulating, adapting and transforming it, of the uses given to the objects he produced, the meanings attributed, how he interacted with them in cognitive and affective terms.
Summoning this dimension in the relationship with religion, devotional practices, sensibilities and representations, carries a new set of questions and necessarily calls for different knowledge in order to deepen understanding and the interpretation of the relationship between medieval religiosity and their material translations. From the images carved and painted to the buildings edified, from liturgical objects to reliquaries and tombs, from books to personal objects of piety, from temples to the inscription of the various forms of religious life, there are many domains where the relation between materiality and devotion can be a prospect and a problem. It intersects the material, functional, performative and aesthetic dimensions with the different readings it calls for, the cognitive and emotional apprehensions, the representations (erudite and popular) it associates with, the practices that it sustains, the memories that polarize and legitimize, the powers that were affirmed through it. It discloses the diversity of variants such as wealth and social position, more or less literate training, and gender differences.
The colloquium thus aims to be a broad space for debate, both in the plurality of knowledge and in the diversity of sources, historical, geographical and religious contexts (Christian, Jewish, Islamic and other), and in analytical perspectives.
Conference Presentations by Diana Martins
Research in Medieval Studies (RiMS), 2023
Presentation made in the Research in Medieval Studies (RiMS) 2023: Domestic interiors and househo... more Presentation made in the Research in Medieval Studies (RiMS) 2023: Domestic interiors and household consumption in Europe, 1000-1500, which took place in Braga, on the importance of hunting for the affirmation of royal power and the way in which the royal household served such purpose.
Paper presented at the IMC 2023: Networks in the session 718 - Networking Religion and Diplomacy ... more Paper presented at the IMC 2023: Networks in the session 718 - Networking Religion and Diplomacy in Medieval Portugal, organized by Paulo Catarino Lopes e João Luís Inglês Fontes.
FALCO CLOSING MEETING: Advances in human-animal relations in medieval Portugal, 2023
Presentation made at the FALCO CLOSING MEETING: Advances in human-animal relations in medieval Po... more Presentation made at the FALCO CLOSING MEETING: Advances in human-animal relations in medieval Portugal.
Lisboa, 29 june 2023
Presentation on the importance of the use of "Diplomatic Correspondence and Documentation" for the study of Portuguese medieval Falconry
Presentation on the importance of the use of "Diplomatic Correspondence and Documentation" for th... more Presentation on the importance of the use of "Diplomatic Correspondence and Documentation" for the study of Portuguese medieval Falconry. Activity within the FALCO project.
Communication presented at the International Congress "VIATOR: Viagens e viajantes medievais — Si... more Communication presented at the International Congress "VIATOR: Viagens e viajantes medievais — Simpósio dedicado ao estudo da viagem, circulação e mobilidade na Idade Média" (November 2021).
Communication présente dans la Journées doctorales internationales du CESCM "L’absence au Moyen Âge"
Communication Presented at the MEMSA - Crossing Borders, Contesting Boundaries II (online).
Against All Adversity: Portuguese Diplomatic Travel during the Reign of King Dinis, 1279-1325
Presented at the IMC 2021 — Session 313 "Climate and Travel in the Middle Ages" (Monday 5 July 20... more Presented at the IMC 2021 — Session 313 "Climate and Travel in the Middle Ages" (Monday 5 July 2021: 16.30-18.00). Session organised by Paulo Catarino Lopes and sponsored by the Instituto de Estudos Medievais (IEM), Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
Communication presented at the Virtual International Medieval Congress 2020, promoted by the Univ... more Communication presented at the Virtual International Medieval Congress 2020, promoted by the University of Leeds.
Comunicação apresentada nas IV Jornadas Medievais Internacionais de Idade Média: Abastecer a Cida... more Comunicação apresentada nas IV Jornadas Medievais Internacionais de Idade Média: Abastecer a Cidade na Europa Medieval, organizado pelo Instituto de Estudos Medievais (IEM NOVA/FCSH) e pela Câmara Municipal de Castelo de Vide.
A queen, a sister and a mother. The role of Elizabeth of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, as a sponsor of Iberian peace (1300-1305).
Communication presented at the "Women and Violence in the Late Medieval Mediterranean, ca. 1100-1... more Communication presented at the "Women and Violence in the Late Medieval Mediterranean, ca. 1100-1500" Conference, organised by The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities, the Maison Française d’Oxford and the UMR Orient- Mediterranée Monde Byzantin.
Communication presented at the "Movement and Mobility in the Medieval Mediterranean (6th – 15th C... more Communication presented at the "Movement and Mobility in the Medieval Mediterranean (6th – 15th Centuries)" Conference, organised by the Society for the Medieval Mediterranean.
In 1319 a civil war broke off in Portugal. With the support of some of the Iberian kings, some of the ecclesiastics and a part of the nobility, the infant and heir to the Portuguese throne, Afonso, rebelled against the king. The growth of Denis’ power in the wider European context, the king’s direct interference on political matters concerning other western kingdoms, and his avowed predilection for his bastard, and his growing hostility towards members of the Church and the nobility, determined the action of his son and dictated the form that the rebellion of the infant against his father was to take, between 1319-1324.
This paper aims to focus on the role that the Pope, as represented by his ambassadors in Portugal, tried to play in the resolution of this conflict. Based on documentation of both the Portuguese and the Vatican archives, we will try to analyze their roles, and the ways in which the Pope’s envoys tried to act/ acted as real mediators of the conflict.
Communication presented at the Rebellion in Medieval Europe Conference, organised by the Canterbu... more Communication presented at the Rebellion in Medieval Europe Conference, organised by the Canterbury Christ Church University (UK).
O Paço da Alcáçova nos finais da Idade Média: primeiras abordagens
Comunicação apresentada no I Workshop sobre a Alcáçova e o Castelo (24 de Junho de 2015), que lev... more Comunicação apresentada no I Workshop sobre a Alcáçova e o Castelo (24 de Junho de 2015), que levará a uma tese a finalizar em 2016.
O Paço régio da Alcáçova de Lisboa: o estudo de um período de intervenções (1507-1513).
Oradora convidada para Jornadas sobre História da Construção: época medieval e moderna organizada... more Oradora convidada para Jornadas sobre História da Construção: época medieval e moderna organizada pelo Lab2pt - Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal).
Paço da Alcáçova de Lisboa: As memórias de um paço régio através de um livro de despesas (1507-1513).
Plenary lecture presented at Seminário de Estudos Medievais (SEM) - Instituto de Estudos Medievais.
Papers by Diana Martins
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](Fragmenta Histórica, 2023
1506 [?] Letters from Bartolomeu de Paiva, the King’s ser- vant, to Afonso Monteiro, concerning t... more 1506 [?]
Letters from Bartolomeu de Paiva, the King’s ser- vant, to Afonso Monteiro, concerning the renovation works that the King ordered to be carried out in the garden and the palaces.
This dissertation, which benefits from the Merit Scholarship IEM/EGEAC, intents to study the me... more This dissertation, which benefits from the Merit Scholarship IEM/EGEAC, intents
to study the medieval Royal Palace of Alcáçova, the prime residence of the medieval
kings in Lisbon, in the context of the construction of the Royal Palace of Ribeira. This
study is based on a book of building accounts produced between 1507 and 1513.
Depending on where one would stand in Europe in the Middle Ages, the sea could either be the cent... more Depending on where one would stand in Europe in the Middle Ages, the sea could either be the centre of the known world or its ultimate edge. This mixed potential has always drawn humans into the big unknown, allowing them to use the sea to catch fish, to sail towards distant lands for reasons of faith and trade, to establish contacts with civilisations of different creeds, to wage wars for political and economic domination, and inspired them to write poetry and dream about the world beyond. All this is reflected in the abundant researches from Archaeology, Art History, History, Literature, and other disciplines that, in the past decades, have investigated fisheries and natural resources, overseas trade and commercial institutions, maritime power and socioeconomic conflict management, religious migrations, among other topics.
The last decades have witnessed the development of studies on material culture, favouring an inte... more The last decades have witnessed the development of studies on material culture, favouring an inter- and multidisciplinary approach. This has enabled a more cohesive reading of the way in which the medieval Man related to his material environment, manipulating, adapting and transforming it, of the uses given to the objects he produced, the meanings attributed, how he interacted with them in cognitive and affective terms.
Summoning this dimension in the relationship with religion, devotional practices, sensibilities and representations, carries a new set of questions and necessarily calls for different knowledge in order to deepen understanding and the interpretation of the relationship between medieval religiosity and their material translations. From the images carved and painted to the buildings edified, from liturgical objects to reliquaries and tombs, from books to personal objects of piety, from temples to the inscription of the various forms of religious life, there are many domains where the relation between materiality and devotion can be a prospect and a problem. It intersects the material, functional, performative and aesthetic dimensions with the different readings it calls for, the cognitive and emotional apprehensions, the representations (erudite and popular) it associates with, the practices that it sustains, the memories that polarize and legitimize, the powers that were affirmed through it. It discloses the diversity of variants such as wealth and social position, more or less literate training, and gender differences.
The colloquium thus aims to be a broad space for debate, both in the plurality of knowledge and in the diversity of sources, historical, geographical and religious contexts (Christian, Jewish, Islamic and other), and in analytical perspectives.
Research in Medieval Studies (RiMS), 2023
Presentation made in the Research in Medieval Studies (RiMS) 2023: Domestic interiors and househo... more Presentation made in the Research in Medieval Studies (RiMS) 2023: Domestic interiors and household consumption in Europe, 1000-1500, which took place in Braga, on the importance of hunting for the affirmation of royal power and the way in which the royal household served such purpose.
Paper presented at the IMC 2023: Networks in the session 718 - Networking Religion and Diplomacy ... more Paper presented at the IMC 2023: Networks in the session 718 - Networking Religion and Diplomacy in Medieval Portugal, organized by Paulo Catarino Lopes e João Luís Inglês Fontes.
FALCO CLOSING MEETING: Advances in human-animal relations in medieval Portugal, 2023
Presentation made at the FALCO CLOSING MEETING: Advances in human-animal relations in medieval Po... more Presentation made at the FALCO CLOSING MEETING: Advances in human-animal relations in medieval Portugal.
Lisboa, 29 june 2023
Presentation on the importance of the use of "Diplomatic Correspondence and Documentation" for the study of Portuguese medieval Falconry
Presentation on the importance of the use of "Diplomatic Correspondence and Documentation" for th... more Presentation on the importance of the use of "Diplomatic Correspondence and Documentation" for the study of Portuguese medieval Falconry. Activity within the FALCO project.
Communication presented at the International Congress "VIATOR: Viagens e viajantes medievais — Si... more Communication presented at the International Congress "VIATOR: Viagens e viajantes medievais — Simpósio dedicado ao estudo da viagem, circulação e mobilidade na Idade Média" (November 2021).
Communication présente dans la Journées doctorales internationales du CESCM "L’absence au Moyen Âge"
Communication Presented at the MEMSA - Crossing Borders, Contesting Boundaries II (online).
Against All Adversity: Portuguese Diplomatic Travel during the Reign of King Dinis, 1279-1325
Presented at the IMC 2021 — Session 313 "Climate and Travel in the Middle Ages" (Monday 5 July 20... more Presented at the IMC 2021 — Session 313 "Climate and Travel in the Middle Ages" (Monday 5 July 2021: 16.30-18.00). Session organised by Paulo Catarino Lopes and sponsored by the Instituto de Estudos Medievais (IEM), Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
Communication presented at the Virtual International Medieval Congress 2020, promoted by the Univ... more Communication presented at the Virtual International Medieval Congress 2020, promoted by the University of Leeds.
Comunicação apresentada nas IV Jornadas Medievais Internacionais de Idade Média: Abastecer a Cida... more Comunicação apresentada nas IV Jornadas Medievais Internacionais de Idade Média: Abastecer a Cidade na Europa Medieval, organizado pelo Instituto de Estudos Medievais (IEM NOVA/FCSH) e pela Câmara Municipal de Castelo de Vide.
A queen, a sister and a mother. The role of Elizabeth of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, as a sponsor of Iberian peace (1300-1305).
Communication presented at the "Women and Violence in the Late Medieval Mediterranean, ca. 1100-1... more Communication presented at the "Women and Violence in the Late Medieval Mediterranean, ca. 1100-1500" Conference, organised by The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities, the Maison Française d’Oxford and the UMR Orient- Mediterranée Monde Byzantin.
Communication presented at the "Movement and Mobility in the Medieval Mediterranean (6th – 15th C... more Communication presented at the "Movement and Mobility in the Medieval Mediterranean (6th – 15th Centuries)" Conference, organised by the Society for the Medieval Mediterranean.
In 1319 a civil war broke off in Portugal. With the support of some of the Iberian kings, some of the ecclesiastics and a part of the nobility, the infant and heir to the Portuguese throne, Afonso, rebelled against the king. The growth of Denis’ power in the wider European context, the king’s direct interference on political matters concerning other western kingdoms, and his avowed predilection for his bastard, and his growing hostility towards members of the Church and the nobility, determined the action of his son and dictated the form that the rebellion of the infant against his father was to take, between 1319-1324.
This paper aims to focus on the role that the Pope, as represented by his ambassadors in Portugal, tried to play in the resolution of this conflict. Based on documentation of both the Portuguese and the Vatican archives, we will try to analyze their roles, and the ways in which the Pope’s envoys tried to act/ acted as real mediators of the conflict.
Communication presented at the Rebellion in Medieval Europe Conference, organised by the Canterbu... more Communication presented at the Rebellion in Medieval Europe Conference, organised by the Canterbury Christ Church University (UK).
O Paço da Alcáçova nos finais da Idade Média: primeiras abordagens
Comunicação apresentada no I Workshop sobre a Alcáçova e o Castelo (24 de Junho de 2015), que lev... more Comunicação apresentada no I Workshop sobre a Alcáçova e o Castelo (24 de Junho de 2015), que levará a uma tese a finalizar em 2016.
O Paço régio da Alcáçova de Lisboa: o estudo de um período de intervenções (1507-1513).
Oradora convidada para Jornadas sobre História da Construção: época medieval e moderna organizada... more Oradora convidada para Jornadas sobre História da Construção: época medieval e moderna organizada pelo Lab2pt - Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal).
Paço da Alcáçova de Lisboa: As memórias de um paço régio através de um livro de despesas (1507-1513).
Plenary lecture presented at Seminário de Estudos Medievais (SEM) - Instituto de Estudos Medievais.
Fragmenta Histórica, 2023
1506 [?] Letters from Bartolomeu de Paiva, the King’s ser- vant, to Afonso Monteiro, concerning t... more 1506 [?]
Letters from Bartolomeu de Paiva, the King’s ser- vant, to Afonso Monteiro, concerning the renovation works that the King ordered to be carried out in the garden and the palaces.
Fragmenta Histórica, 2023
30 August 1458, Évora Royal concession charter stating that, on land owned by the monastery of Sa... more 30 August 1458, Évora
Royal concession charter stating that, on land owned by the monastery of Saint Clara of Coimbra, noblemen and lords are not allowed to recruit men to serve in their squadrons.
Fragmenta Historica, 2023
30 November 1391, Santarém Archive with a deeds ledger stating the amounts owed to Gomes Lourenço... more 30 November 1391, Santarém
Archive with a deeds ledger stating the amounts owed to Gomes Lourenço, a merchant in San- tarém.
Fragmenta Histórica, 2023
5 December 1510, Almeirim Decree from Dom Brás Henriques, master hunts- man of the Realm, orderin... more 5 December 1510, Almeirim
Decree from Dom Brás Henriques, master hunts- man of the Realm, ordering Lourenço Dias to be paid a total of 2400 reais for the delivery of various birds: a prima falcon (14 August 1510); a treçó falcon and a merlin (4 December 1510). Enclosed is a document as proof of payment by Pedro Fernandes, tax collector of the ploughland of Santarém, where the amount paid for each bird is listed: prima falcon (2000 reais), terçó fal- con (300 reais) and merlin (100 reais).
Fragmenta Histórica, 2023
No location, 26 November 1510 Document of proof that Pedro Fernandes, tax collector of the plough... more No location, 26 November 1510
Document of proof that Pedro Fernandes, tax collector of the ploughland of Santarém, paid João Curado, resident in Santarém, for three terçó falcons and a merlin which he delivered to Jorge Vaz, squire of the King’s household, who was responsible for receiving the birds. It states that he received 300 reais for each terçó falcon and 100 reais for the merlin.
Fragmenta Histórica, 2023
14 November 1510, Almeirim Decree from Dom Pedro de Castro, overseer of the Treasury, to Pedro F... more 14 November 1510, Almeirim
Decree from Dom Pedro de Castro, overseer of the Treasury, to Pedro Fernandes, tax collector of the ploughland of Santarém, for him to pay the bird breeders for the falcons that they delivered to Dom Brás, the King’s master huntsman. It states, in part, the amount paid for each of the birds delivered, specifying that a terçó falcon was worth 300 reais.
Fragmenta Histórica, 2023
27 July 1384, Santarém – 11 December 1385, Santarém Estate distribution letter with a detailed in... more 27 July 1384, Santarém – 11 December 1385, Santarém
Estate distribution letter with a detailed inventory of movable and immovable assets owned by João Aires, falconer to King Fernando. The assets are distributed among the falconer’s heirs, João Eanes, merchant, and his wife, Leonor Peres (the falconer’s widower) and the falconer’s daugh- ter, Catarina, represented by her tutor, Gonçalo Martins.
Fragmenta Histórica, 2023
14 April 1380, Santarém Quittance letter in which Gomes Eanes, the King’s falconer, testifies tha... more 14 April 1380, Santarém
Quittance letter in which Gomes Eanes, the King’s falconer, testifies that Gonçalo Esteves do Casal, squire, had delivered all assets and bed linen belonging, in accordance with the will, to the falconer’s wife, of whom Gonçalo Esteves do Casal had been the tutor.
Medievalista, 2024
Le soulèvement de l'héritier de la couronne portugaise, Alphonse, contre son père, le roi Denis d... more Le soulèvement de l'héritier de la couronne portugaise, Alphonse, contre son père, le roi Denis du Portugal (1279-1325), entre 1317 et 1323, a profondément marqué le regard porté sur les relations existant entre le souverain, et son héritier et successeur. Le présent article s’efforce de contourner les limitations parfois imposées par les différentes sources en adoptant une approche de longue durée, en partant justement de la perspective du prince et en cherchant à comprendre, à l'aide de différents témoignages, la manière dont l'héritier a été engagé dans les actions diplomatiques menées par son père, en tentant ainsi de retracer les diverses phases de cette relation, tout en essayant de repérer les actes ou bien les moments où le prince a eu et a pu agir de manière indépendante, c'est-à-dire en évitant que son action soit conditionnée ou contrôlée par les intérêts de son père.
Medievalista, 2024
Thematic issue coordinated by Stéphane Péquignot and Diana Martins which was published in the jou... more Thematic issue coordinated by Stéphane Péquignot and Diana Martins which was published in the journal Medievalista (2nd semester 2024). Focus on the role played by the heir princes in the external relations during the medieval period.
Jornal de Notícias História, 2023
MEMSA Journal 4, 2022
The frontier between two kingdoms was, during the medieval period, and even today, a complex matt... more The frontier between two kingdoms was, during the medieval period, and even today, a complex matter to solve. The political pretensions, economic-strategical interests, and the resources available meant, in many cases, that negotiations and demarcations on the terrain had a direct impact locally but also, especially in this case, internationally. The Treaty of Alcañices was a diplomatic agreement signed between the kingdoms of Castile and Portugal in 1297. To Castile, it served, primarily, as a peace treaty which ensured the welfare of the kingdom that was dealing with a domestic crisis. To Portugal, it was above all a boundary treaty which set out and delimited the territory of jurisdiction. This was an essential agreement for the Portuguese as it defined the ultimate boundaries of Portugal, which mostly prevail to this day. Nevertheless, while crucial for peacekeeping, it wasn't easy to comply with the resolutions stipulated in the negotiated agreements, particularly when these had a direct impact on the boundaries of a territory. A good illustration of this situation, which is the focus of this article, and a less studied event, was that, in 1312, this same treaty was contested by the very same King of Castile that had signed it years earlier. With the intervention of the King of Aragon, who was seeking to profit and assure his own interests by mediating of the diplomatic issue, Fernando IV of Castile advocated the nullity of the established diplomatic treaty, thus calling into question its resolutions and, consequently, the frontier line defined between these two kingdoms. In view of the documentation that is mainly preserved at the Archivo de la Corona de Aragón (Barcelona), we aim to scrutinise both the diplomatic events and processes, as well as the long-term consequences of this dispute.
Apontamentos contendo as perguntas a serem colocadas às testemunhas apresentadas por Manuel Nunes... more Apontamentos contendo as perguntas a serem colocadas às testemunhas apresentadas por Manuel Nunes, feitor da alfândega de Viana da Foz do Lima, após ter sido alvo de um levantamento popular que o condenou em estátua em imitação dos procedimentos inquisitoriais.
Fragmenta Historica 9, 2021
1501, Tomar, 8 March - 1544, Tomar, 8 September Register of enrolment of those accepted into the ... more 1501, Tomar, 8 March - 1544, Tomar, 8 September
Register of enrolment of those accepted into the lower and sacred orders in Tomar between the years of 1501 and 1544.
Fragmenta Historica 9, 2021
1496, Rome (?), 23 March Instructions issued by the Portuguese Cardinal, Jorge da Costa, in Rome,... more 1496, Rome (?), 23 March
Instructions issued by the Portuguese Cardinal, Jorge da Costa, in Rome, to Francisco Fernandes, whom he sends as his representative to meet with King Manuel I of Portugal. It includes warnings, advice and information about the evolution of the Crown’s businesses with the Roman Curia.
Fragmenta Historica 9
1382 [E. 1420], Lisbon, 30 October Inventory and description of the content of two chests (one of... more 1382 [E. 1420], Lisbon, 30 October
Inventory and description of the content of two chests (one of which containing books) belon- ging to the Brotherhood of Wealthy Clergymen of Lisbon.
Fragmenta Historica 9, 2021
1335 [E. 1373], Braga, 30 May Transcript of a letter from King Afonso IV (Lis- bon, 12 April 1335... more 1335 [E. 1373], Braga, 30 May
Transcript of a letter from King Afonso IV (Lis- bon, 12 April 1335) with instructions issued to the overseer Lourenço Calado to conduct an in- quiry in response to complaints received about the overtaxing of Churches and Monasteries in Entre Douro e Minho.
Fragmenta Historica 9, 2021
1308 [E. 1346], Coimbra, 2 October Royal letter revising the tax that the residents of Abiul Coun... more 1308 [E. 1346], Coimbra, 2 October
Royal letter revising the tax that the residents of Abiul Council were obliged to pay to the kings of Portugal. Replacement of payment in kind with payment in currency.
Fragmenta Historica 9, 2021
1304 [E. 1342], Lisbon, 18 March Letter from Dom João, Lisbon’s Bishop, contain- ing the transcri... more 1304 [E. 1342], Lisbon, 18 March
Letter from Dom João, Lisbon’s Bishop, contain- ing the transcription of several letters regarding the execution of the sentence that the aforesaid Bishop had issued against Miguel Lourenço, a carpenter, ordering him to fulfil his marital vows towards his wife.
Fragmenta Historica 9 , 2021
1293 [E. 1331], Santarém, 10 January Royal letter from King Dinis to the Chief Justice of Além-Do... more 1293 [E. 1331], Santarém, 10 January
Royal letter from King Dinis to the Chief Justice of Além-Douro to control the attacks by the no- blemen against the properties and lands belong- ing to the Braga Chapter.
O Paço Régio da Alcáçova em início de Quinhentos.
Communication presented during the "Sessões Medievais" at the invitation of the Gabinete Estudos ... more Communication presented during the "Sessões Medievais" at the invitation of the Gabinete Estudos Olisiponenses (7th of October 2021).
From the images carved and painted to the buildings edified, from liturgical objects to reliquari... more From the images carved and painted to the buildings edified, from liturgical objects to reliquaries and tombs, from books to personal objects of piety, this volume reflects the many domains where the relation between materiality and devotion can be a prospect and a problem. It intersects the material, functional, performative and aesthetic dimensions with the different readings it calls for, the cognitive and emotional apprehensions, the representations (erudite and popular) it associates with, the practices that it sustains, the memories that polarize and legitimize, the powers that were affirmed through it. It discloses the diversity of variants such as wealth and social position, literate training, and gender differences.
This meeting delves into the complexities of the relationship between canis and human. The first ... more This meeting delves into the complexities of the relationship between canis and human. The first iteration of the Medieval Hunting Meetings is dedicated to this topic, addressing key questions that include: Which sort of relation did humans have with wolves and dogs in the Middle Ages? Did Medieval humans contribute to the proximity with, or disaffection from, these animals? What role did these creatures play in the sphere of hunting? To this end, we have brought together a series of contributions, coming from quite different perspectives, to reflect on the understanding of inter-species coexistence in the longue durée, largely based on the Medieval Iberian record but far from limited to it. We look forward to the combined insights into our past life with canis, from the ecological, biological, archaeological, artistic, and other approaches taken in these papers.
Following on the success of the first Medieval Hunting Meeting, organised by the Institute for Me... more Following on the success of the first Medieval Hunting Meeting, organised by the Institute for Medieval Studies at NOVA University (IEM) and the Network for the Environment in Medieval Usages and Society (NEMUS) in 2024, the call for papers is out for the second edition.