Pico della Mirandola, one of the most remarkable thinkers of the Renaissance, has become known as a founder of humanism and a supporter of secular rationality. Brian Copenhaver upends this ...understanding of Pico, unearthing the magic and mysticism in the most famous work attributed to him,The Oration on the Dignity of Man.
Roberta Gilchrist critically evaluates the concept of sacred heritage. Drawing on global perspectives from heritage studies, archaeology, museology, anthropology and architectural history, she ...examines the multiple values of medieval Christian heritage. Gilchrist investigates monastic archaeology through the lens of the material study of religion and reveals the sensory experience of religion through case studies including Glastonbury Abbey and Scottish monasticism. Her work offers new insights into medieval identity and regional distinctiveness, healing and magic, and memory practices in the sacred landscape. It also reflects on the significance of medieval sacred landscapes as contested heritage sites which hold diverse meanings to contemporary groups. This title is also available as Open Access.
Abstract This article aims to study the demographically semi-urban communities which dotted the Galician coastline since its medieval origins. Despite being more common than other more populated ...towns in Galicia (as elsewhere), scholarship has often relegated them in research due to their relatively low demographic, economic and political relevance. Despite attempts by the Crown to foster its urban development through a charter as a port-town, it will not reach this status until the end of the Middle Ages. Keywords Lordship; Municipal; Council; Galicia; Castile. 1.CONTEXTO GEOGRÁFICO Y FUENTES La villa de Muros se ubica en el margen norte de la ría a la que da nombre, en la antigua provincia de Santiago y en la antigua tierra de Entíns2, y en la actualidad en la provincia de A Coruña como capital del municipio al que da nombre.
Hungary and the Hungarians Spychała, Lesław
The Hungarian historical review,
2021, Letnik:
10, Številka:
3
Journal Article
Odprti dostop
Hungary and the Hungarians: Western Europe’s View in the Middle Ages. By Enikő Csukovits. Viella Historical Research 11. Rome: Viella Libreria Editrice, 2018. 233 pp.
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