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Foundation Myths in Medieval and Renaissance Italy

June 10, 2015 By Medievalists.net

Plaque of Regola, the VII rione of Rome. (Dailyphotostream.blogspot.com)

The 3 papers featured here looked at the development of the civic identities of Florence, Genoa and Rome through art, architecture and foundation legends.

Filed Under: Conferences, Features Tagged With: Administration, Andreas Doria, Architecture, Art History, Christianity, Chronicles, Churches, Florence, Foundation Myth, Genoa, Ghibellines, Giovanni Villani, Government, Greece, Guelphs, High Middle Ages, Historiography, Italian City States, Italy, King Charles V, Late Middle Ages, Paganism, Politics, Propaganda, Renaissance, Rione System, Roman Empire, Rome, Sixteenth Century, Thirteenth century, Twelfth Century, Urban Studies, Violence

Bishops and Their Towns

June 1, 2015 By Medievalists.net

City of Lucca, Italy. Image via Flickr by bongo vongo.

Another #KZOO2015 post – this one examines Bishops and Their Towns.

Filed Under: Conferences, Features Tagged With: Canon Law, Christianity, Chronicles, Conferences, Crime, Early Middle Ages, Ecclesiastical History, Foundation Myth, Germany, High Middle Ages, Italy, Jacopo da Varagine, KZOO, Late Middle Ages, Law, Lucca, Münster, Religious Life, Social History, Tenth century, Tuscany, Urban Studies

‘De civitatis utriusque, terrenae scilicet et caelestis’: Foundation Narratives and the Epic Portrayal of the First Crusade

December 5, 2014 By Medievalists.net

Siege of Antioch - from a 15th-century miniature painting.

My summary of a paper given at the Institute of Historical research on the accounts of Antioch and Jerusalem during the First Crusade.

Filed Under: Conferences, Features Tagged With: Antioch, Battle of Ager Sanguinis (The Battle of the Field of Blood), Bohemond I of Antioch (Prince of Taranto), Bohemond II of Antioch, Byzantium, Christianity, Crusader States, Crusades, Eleventh Century, Emperor John II Komnenos, First Crusade, Foundation Myth, Gesta Francorum, Greece, Ilghazi of Mardin, Institute of Historical Research, Islam, Jerusalem, Literature, Muslims, Mythology, Normans, People's Crusade, Peter the Hermit, Roger of Salerno, Turkish, Twelfth Century

Foundation Myths in Medieval and Renaissance Italy

‘De civitatis utriusque, terrenae scilicet et caelestis’: Foundation Narratives and the Epic Portrayal of the First Crusade

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