Art and reform in tenth-century Rome – the paintings of S. Maria in Pallara
The medieval wall paintings of the church of S. Maria in Pallara, situated on the Palatine Hill, Rome, provide insight into the intellectual use of images in the Middle Ages. The fragmentary apse programme survives, supplemented by antiquarian drawings that include copies of lost nave cycles and a lost donor portrait of their patron, Petrus Medicus.
Donor Portraits in Late Medieval Venice c.1280-1413
Although the donor portrait was extremely popular throughout Europe and mainland Italy during the late Middle Ages, the few art historians who have addressed the subject have concluded that the motif was not popular in fourteenth-century Venice.
The journal of Roberto da Sanseverino (1417-1487) : a study on navigation and seafaring in the fifteenth century
Roberto da Sanseverino went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1458. He travelled from Venice to Jaffa on a galley and made his return, from Acre to Ancona, on a three-masted sailing ship.
The eight monophonic political planctus of the Florence manuscript
The eight monophonic political planctus of the Florence manuscript By Leslie Anne Taylor Master’s Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1994 Abstract: The medieval planctus is…
Jovinian : a monastic heretic in late-fourth century Rome
In 393 the monk Jovinian was condemned by a Roman synod under Pope Siricius. The monk had argued from Scriptural evidence that married women were equal in merit with widows and virgins; that they who had been baptised in fullness of faith could not be overthrown by the devil
Commercial Agreements and Social Dynamics in Medieval Genoa
Commercial Agreements and Social Dynamics in Medieval Genoa By Quentin Van Doosselaere Cambridge University Press, 2009 ISBN: 9780521897921 Commercial Agreements and Social Dynamics…
ARTE E POLITICA OSSERVAZIONI INTORNO A DUE STATUE EQUESTRI MEDIEVALI S. GIORGIO, PRAGA, 1373; S. LADISLAO, ORADEA/ GROSSWARDEIN, 1390
ARTE E POLITICA OSSERVAZIONI INTORNO A DUE STATUE EQUESTRI MEDIEVALI S. GIORGIO, PRAGA, 1373; S. LADISLAO, ORADEA/ GROSSWARDEIN, 1390 Baldescu, Irina Studia Patzinaka,…
Arabs and Normans in Sicily and the South of Italy
Arabs and Normans in Sicily and the South of Italy By Adele Cilento and Alessandro Vanoli Riverside Books, 2008 ISBN: 978-1-878351-66-1 Sicily has…
Machiavelli’s The Prince
Machiavelli’s The Prince Two lectures by Steven B. Smith Given at Yale University, Fall 2006 From his Introduction to Political Philosophy The lecture…
Earthquakes in Medieval Sicily (A Historical Revision 7th – 13th Century)
The need to understand the activity of the main seismogenetic structures, to calculate the recurrence periods of major earthquakes and to identify their main epicentral areas, requires wide-ranging research in the field of historical seismology.
Joachim of Fiore
The twelfth century monastic theologian Joachim of Fiore (1135-1202) holds an important place in the progression of the linear Christian theory of time, through his reinvention of a numeric plan for history, and the widespread diffusion of his interpretations of the Apocalypse with their extreme consequences for the medieval Church.
Prato: Architecture, Piety, and Political Identity in a Tuscan City-State
Prato: Architecture, Piety, and Political Identity in a Tuscan City-State By Alick M. McLean Yale University Press, 2009 ISBN: 9780300137149 This handsome book recounts…
Some Monte Cassino Scribes in the Eleventh Century
Some Monte Cassino Scribes in the Eleventh Century By Francis Newton Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Vol. 7 (1975) Introduction: The revival of the…
1367: The Founding of the Spanish College at Bologna
1367: The Founding of the Spanish College at Bologna By Berthe M. Marti Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Proceedings of the Southeastern Institute of…
The Uniqueness of Florence’s Renaissance Experience
Examines writing of Florentines about how they viewed their city, its arts and culture and its people.
Before the Welfare State: the City and Welfare in the Veneto, 13th to 15th Centuries
From the 12th century on parts of northern and central Italy developed welfare systems that would characterize social life during the age of the Communes and throughout the following centuries.
Reading Theology to the Brothers: The Background to St. Anthony’s Opus Dominicale
Reading Theology to the Brothers: The Background to St. Anthony’s Opus Dominicale By Paul Spilsbury Commercium: An Electronic Journal of Franciscan Studies, Vol. 1 (2008)…
Governments of the Universitates: Urban Communities of Sicily in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
Governments of the Universitates: Urban Communities of Sicily in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries By Fabrizio Titone Brepols, 2009 ISBN: 978-2-503-52757-4 The volume examines urban…
Migrant Society to Island Nation: Sicily
Migrant Society to Island Nation: Sicily By Charles Dalli Immigration and emigration in historical perspective, edited by Ann Katherine Isaacs (Pisa University Press, 2007)…
Exile as evidence of civic identity in Florence in the time of Dante: some examples
Exile as evidence of civic identity in Florence in the time of Dante: some examples By Fabrizio Ricciardelli Reti Medievali – Rivista, Vol, 5…
The development of the Florentine silk industry: a positive response to the crisis of the fourteenth century
When we talk about the ‘crisis of the fourteenth century’, we are generally referring to a series of phenomena that have almost always been viewed as negative, especially when attention has focused on the evolution of the European economy
The Music of Dante’s Purgatorio
The Music of Dante’s Purgatorio By Mimi Stillman Hortulus: The Online Community for Graduate Students in Medieval Studies, Vol. 1 (2005) Abstract: Dante’s Inferno guides the reader…
Presenting and Discussing Pietro Perugino, Delivery of the Keys to Saint Peter: A Suggested Approach
Presenting and Discussing Pietro Perugino, Delivery of the Keys to Saint Peter: A Suggested Approach By Pamela Trimpe Art in Context: 2006–2007 Professional…
Rethinking the Role of the Condottieri on the Bloodless and Bloody Battlefields of Renaissance
Rethinking the Role of the Condottieri on the Bloodless and Bloody Battlefields of Renaissance By Tony M. Kennedy Published online by the University…
Fiduciary Media and Banking in Medieval Venice Revisited
Fiduciary Media and Banking in Medieval Venice Revisited By Richard C B Johnsson Mises Institute Working Papers (2002) Abstract: At the center of the trade…