Pedlars and Alchemists in Friuli History of itinerant sellers in an alpine reality

Medieval shops

This short review discusses about itinerant sellers in Friuli, who are Cramaro called (XI-XIX centuries). Attention is focused, in particular, on the question if some of theme were alchemists.

Call for Papers: Moving Women, Moving Objects (300-1500) (ICMA CAA 2015)

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CFP: Moving Women, Moving Objects (300-1500) (ICMA CAA 2015)

Looking in the Past for a Discourse of Motherhood: Birgitta of Sweden and Julia Kristeva

St. Birgitta of Sweden

This essay explores two parallel trajectories of mythic retrospection: medieval “myths” of the Biblical past (like Birgitta’s prophetic visions), and modern “myths” of the medieval past (like Kristeva’s survey).

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