Medievalism - Science topic

This is a Call for Papers to be published in Medieval Military History issues 2026 and 2027 of Nuova Antologia Militare (NAM), the international scientific journal of the Italian Society of Military History (SISM)

This article focuses on Han Kangbo 韓康伯 (332-380/385 CE) exegetical works on the Zhouyi 周易, especially his commentary on the Xici Zhuan 繫辭傳. It aims at developing a philosophical reading of three key terms of the Changes exegetical tradition: dao 道, taiji 太極, and shen 神. Although Han's works represent a major step within the history of Changes exege...

Monastic communities of western (Benedictine) and eastern (Bazilite) origin emerged in medieval Hungary latest in the 11th century and were joined by other orders in later centuries, representing all major branches of monasticism. Island monasteries connected to major rivers (e.g. the Danube) or lakes (e.g. Balaton) appeared as characteristic monas...

We are pleased to announce the upcoming editions of the Ragusa SHWA (Safety, Health and Welfare in Agriculture and Agro-food Systems) International Conference, featuring two exciting events over the next two years. VIII Ragusa SHWA - Online Event – September 2025 In September 2025, we will be hosting a virtual event featuring presentations by emin...

This volume examines the iconography of military equipment in the art of the Orthodox milieu in the Middle Ages. The authors address various problems, such as the veracity of representations of military equipment, the issue of presence of archaisms in the artwork, and the meaning and symbolism of armour in the Byzantine world. Taken together, these...

Danish medieval wall paintings from the Gothic period are painted on thick limewash layers applied to very lime-rich pure air-lime plasters. This study examines wall painting plasters, replicated for the purpose of conservation trials, particularly focusing on their resemblance to medieval plasters in terms of water absorption properties. Plaster s...

Our senses play a major role in the processing of emotions and in the way we learn to feel and relate emotionally to our environment; they trigger our feelings. Tactile perception affects emotional processes and can also be modulated by cultural, gender, social, and even religious factors. The difficulties posed by the medieval concept of touch had...

In this chapter we propose a contrastive study of the lexical and conceptual field of SADNESS in two Germanic languages and societies, Old English and in Old Norse. A detailed analysis of variation in the historical expression of SADNESS is of major importance for our relativist approach to figurative language. Interestingly, while the study of sha...

Este artículo explora el papel fundamental del cristianismo monástico medieval en la configuración del saber, analizando su influencia en la preservación del conocimiento, la sistematización académica y la transición hacia las universidades. Desde una perspectiva interdisciplinaria, se examina cómo los monasterios, guiados por la Regula Benedicti y...

In this paper, the research material is a fragment of the chivalric romance Amoryus and Cleopes by John Metham, an English scientist and poet of the mid-15th century. The object of the study was Metham’s description of the constellations of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, contained in the text and considered as ekphrasis. If the very percept...

his presentation contributes to know the intricate dynamics of the seafaring activities, and it highlights how they were not merely acts of lawlessness but were often deeply linked to broader geopolitical strategies and local economies. The presentation also places emphasis on the complex relationships between maritime outlaws and state authorities...

The text discusses new information on the subject of the most recent historical reconstruction of the surroundings of the 14th-century ducal tower in Siedlęcin near Jelenia Góra (Lower Silesia, Poland). Previous research by archaeologists has established the extent and confirmed the medieval chronology of the walled defensive enclosure and the natu...

Dantari Hill, in Uttar Pradesh's Kaimur range, is a significant archaeological site. This research explores its rich cultural heritage, including microlithic tools, painted rock shelters, megalithic burials, and historical inscriptions. The study investigates the rock art's significance, symbolism, and cultural context, starting with an overview of...

Ali ibn Isa Al-Kahhal, a medieval Muslim ophthalmologist, remains an underappreciated yet pivotal figure in medical history. His seminal treatise, Tadhkirat al-Kahhalin (The Notebook of the Oculists), is one of the earliest and most comprehensive works on ophthalmology, detailing ocular anatomy, pathology, and surgical techniques. This paper critic...

In the historiography Joachim Lelewel (1786–1861) spread on the Polish ground the idea of fi lling texts with maps that gave the additional cognitive and didactic values. Maps developed by him in the historical treaties, especially on history of geography and geographical discoveries, such valuable function. The popularization of the general history...

Traditionally, heraldic studies have focused on the symbolic dimension of the signs they analyze. However, considering the nature of these signs —forms of self-representation and visual communication— they can and should be studied not only in their abstract dimension, but also or above all in their concrete use. Each plastic expression of given ar...

Początki zamku biskupów kamieńskich w Nosowie sięgają schyłku XIII wieku. Zamek ten znajdował się przed 1364 rokiem w rękach rodu kołobrzeskich patrycjuszy Holk. Punktem zwrotnym w dziejach obiektu był rok 1364, kiedy w dramatycznych okolicznościach znalazł się on w rękach biskupa kamieńskiego Jana. Zamek nie pełnił w średniowieczu funkcji rezydenc...

The craftsmen of Portugal encapsulate a vivid portrait of the urban dynamics of the Middle Ages and ancien régime embodying both urban sensibilities and contemporary social practices. The workers in the manufacturing industries of leather, metal, textiles, and pottery occupied a large part of medieval Coimbra, developed business networks, and foste...

El presente artículo analiza, desde una perspectiva transmedia, dos piezas del álbum El mal querer de Rosalía: "Pienso en tu mirá" y "Di mi nombre", al considerarlas una síntesis narratológica tanto del álbum como de las temáticas de El román de Flamenca. El objetivo principal es establecer la relación entre la narrativa medieval de El román de Fla...

This study examines, within the broader context of historical and cultural influences from Byzantine and Western canonical traditions, the canonical and theological treatment of physical disabilities as impediments to the priesthood within modern Orthodox Canon Law. It shows how traditional Orthodox Canon Law, particularly influenced by medieval Ro...

A milestone in the development of the Renaissance knowledge of the Earth was in 1475 an usage of printing-techniques in propagating the included in Geography of Claudius Ptolemaeus of Alexandria geographical description of Ecumene. Just by dint of the printing-technique, an anvil of the ancient geographer was easy of access in the leading Italian s...

The early history of the Khazars is still to be thoroughly investigated. When they came to the Caucasus is lesser known than their origins. The original land of the Khazar tribe, a member of the T’ieh-le union, was likely in the South Siberian belt. They, together with the comrade tribes Suvars and Barsils, if not still others, were attacked by the...

The Elizabethan reign has lately emerged as a formative period for English ideas about the liberties of the subject and the ‘ancient constitution’ of the realm. Recent work has described the development of such ideas as having been driven by an organized campaign against the English ecclesiastical courts: a legal and intellectual effort that had em...

This article explores the conception of divine and earthly power in Ramon Llull’s Philosophy (1232-1316), with a focus on the relationship between political and divine authority as presented in the Book of the Contemplation in God (1271-1274). Llull, situated in the medieval context of Mediterranean Europe, argues that all power – including that of...

Despite the survival of St Menas’s hagiography in various Georgian iterations and his commemoration in practically all Georgian calendars and martyrologies – both pre-Constantinopolitan and Byzantine – the cult of St Menas was weak in Georgia. To this day, collections of St Menas’s miracles in Georgian await discovery, apart from one miracle discus...

A collection of miracles attributed to St Menas appeared in medieval Old Church Slavonic literature as a result of contacts between Orthodox Slavs in the Balkans and Byzantine Christian literature. By the 10th century, at least two distinct translations of the had likely been produced in Bulgaria. These translations have been preserved in Slavic co...

This article examines the Old Nubian Miracle of St Menas, preserved in the British Library Ms. Or. 6805, as a unique testimony to Christian traditions in medieval Nubia. While sharing certain motifs with earlier miracles known from Coptic, Greek, and Arabic sources, this text presents a distinctive narrative absent in other traditions. The article...

The article presents a brief overview of the research into strontium isotopic composition of bioarchaeological materials and variations of bioavailable strontium, as well as several large generalizing database resources (Isotòpia, IsoArcH, CIMA), which provide published open access individual data accompanied by context charac-teristics and geograp...

This study aims to explore the transformative evolution of Western education from the strict silence of monastic schools to the vibrant intellectual milieu of medieval universities. Anchored in the historical continuity between the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of European scholasticism, this paper examines how early monastic centers of lea...

English medical writing across seven centuries Vernacular medical writing is discussed in a diachronic perspective with illustrations from original texts. Medieval texts of learned origin show features of scholasticism with references to authorities and absolute certainty, while remedybooks use simple language. In the early modern period observatio...

This article adopts a religious historical perspective to interpret the concepts of imagine and forma in some passages of the Vita nova. The terms used by Dante to refer to the semantic area that encompasses these concepts are suffused with biblical meaning, above all as a result of patristic exegesis, which heavily influenced the medieval religiou...

A mánfai Árpád-kori templom Baranyában mintegy tíz Árpád-kori templomot tartanak számon. Ezek közül országos vi-szonylatban is a mánfai az egyik legismertebb, nemcsak Baranyában, de országosan is. Nemes egyszerűsége és bája érdemessé teszi, hogy bővebben megismerkedjünk vele. A templom a mai Pécs-Kaposvár útvonal mellett, Mánfa községtől délnyugatr...

This paper presents a comprehensive exploration of ancient Hindu temples, revealing their significance within the socio-cultural and historical contexts of their time. Through a multidisciplinary approach that includes archaeological excavations, art historical analysis, and epigraphical studies, we investigate the architectural innovations, ritual...

Hungarians possess a strong sense of national identity, marked by an emphasis on distinctiveness that, to some extent, stems from their Asian origins. This sense of uniqueness and strong self-identification has been evident since the Middle Ages. Upon arriving in Europe, the Hungarian tribes encountered a new and unfamiliar reality that they had to...

This is a preview of my upcoming book titled Death and Afterlife in Medieval Christian Thought: An Introduction and Comparative Analysis (Routledge, July 2025). Enjoy!

Сырдария өзенінің орта және төменгі ағысында орналасқан ортағасырлық некрополдерді зерттеу археология ғылымының назарынан тыс қалмаған. ХХ ғ. осы өңірдегі кесенелерде ізденіс жұмыстарын В.А.Каллаур, А.Ю.Якубовский, С.П.Толстов, С.Е.Ажигали, К.М.Байпақов, М.Елеуов, С.Ж.Жолдасбаевтар жүргізіп, зерттеген. Соңғы жылдары ортағасырлық Сығанақ қаласындағы...

This article presents an analysis of archaeological discoveries in the territory of the suburb, now a district of the city of Chernivtsi –Roșa. The research was conducted as part of the «RESTORY» project, funded by the European Commission’s «HORIZON-CL2‑2023-HERITAGE‑01-№ 101132781» grant. The aim of the study. The authors of the study argue with p...

Қазіргі уақытта орта ғасырлардағы Орталық Азияның X-XII ғасырлардағы саяси және мәдени тарихында маңызды орын алған, тарих ғылымында Қарахан әулеті мемлекеті ретінде белгілі түркі-мұсылман әулетінің тарихына қатысты көптеген зерттеулер жүргізіліп келе жатыр. Қарахан әулеті туралы алғашқы ғылыми зерттеулер Батыста XVIII ғасырда пайда бола бастады. А...

This publication presents the current state of the published archaeometric knowledge about the material composition of ceramic bodies, slips and glazes as well as their combinations in Swiss stove tiles from the 11th to 18th centuries. As far as the ceramic body is concerned, a sensible division into calci- um (Ca)-poor and Ca-rich tiles emerged fr...

In late medieval trade, barrels were the most popular containers for transporting various commodities. They were often marked with various symbols, the meaning of which is difficult to interpret. The presented analysis included 112 fragments of barrels with carved or branded marks. All the specimens were dated between the 14th and 16th centuries AD...

Previous applications of empirical palaeodemographic methods on Early Medieval English skeletal samples are minimal, likely due to factors including demographic sample bias. Recent improvements to palaeodemographic estimations, however, have focused on ways in which some biased samples can still be meaningfully investigated. This study incorporates...

Bahya ben Yôsef ibn Paqûda (h. 1030- h. 1110), filósofo y juez (dayyan) religioso en Zaragoza, es conocido, sobre todo, por la obra Los deberes de los corazones (Hovot ha-Levavot), compuesta en árabe y traducida al hebreo por Yehuda ibn Tibbon en el siglo XII. El libro de Ibn Paqûda constituye una de las joyas del pensamiento judío medieval, pero s...

The production and distribution of stained glass in Mediterranean Europe during the Middle Ages remains inadequately understood. This article focuses on Catalonia, where local glass production is documented as early as the 13th century, but little is known about the production of window glass. This study analyses a collection of stained glass fragm...

It brings a study of a medieval seascape from southern Portugal

Egon Wellesz’s Eastern Elements in Western Chant (1947, repr. 1967) is outdated but topical in that the resemblances he adduced between Eastern and Western chant continue to invite explanations. An assessment of his book and research since then on the topics of simple vs. complex melody, melodic resemblance, historical frameworks, musical communiti...

Three Book Essay Review of: Luigi Pinchetti's "Between Town and Monastery: Peasant Economy in the First Millennium AD;" Chris Wickham's "The Donkey and the Boat: Reinterpreting the Mediterranean Economy, 950–1180" and Ian Wood's "The Christian Economy of the Early Medieval West: Towards a Temple Society"

From the perspective of the present, the economic development of preceding periods can seem linear and inevitable, guided into being by those who benefitted most from increasing commercialisation. Yet this majoritarian narrative belies the importance of the individual and the everyday, of adaptation and creativity. Here, the author explores the pot...

Hoje altero um pouco a estratégia de visitar tudo o que posso, num dado concelho, no mesmo dia, para outra de lá voltar para completar a visita, publicando assim mais um relatório. Desde o princípio destas escapadinhas que, por razões variadas, não consegui visitar tudo o que me propus, imaginando que haveria de lá voltar para ver o restante. Só qu...

Malerkotla, a diminutive yet historically notable princely state in Punjab, India, is distinguished by its legacy of interfaith harmony. This research paper explores the heritage of Malerkotla. It examines the role of the last Begum Munawwur-ul-Nisa of Malerkotla in promoting peace and tolerance, especially during the tumultuous period of Indi...

How did one become an astronomer in imperial China? Where did one start? What texts did would-be astronomers study, and what criteria did they have to meet? Combining the regulation of the Yuan (1271–1368) Bureau of Astronomy with biographies of astronomers who worked in different sections of the Bureau, this paper explores the physical, technical,...

El libro de texto "Grandes Pensadoras de la Edad Media" recoge información sobre la vida y la obra de quince mujeres que en la Edad Media se destacaron por sus aportes a la filosofía, a la teología y a la mística y que, con sus aportes, construyeron no solo un importante acervo cultural e intelectual sino que, también, dejaron su denuncia contra la...

Quiero agradecer a la Dra. Isabella Tomassetti sus esfuerzos por hacer posible este encuentro en La Sapienza Università di Roma, donde podré compartir con los estudiantes una lectura distinta de la obra de María Teresa León: los ecos de la poesía medieval en su narrativa. El seminario se celebrará del 9 al 11 de junio de 2025 en el Edificio Marco P...

What mediates between inhalation and exhalation in the respiratory cycle? What lies between thinking and doing in a person? Phenomenally, it is the pause: that silent, almost sacred interval that makes breathing possible by allowing us to distinguish between the contraction and relaxation of the diaphragm and thoracic muscles. And between thinking...

tica del Corazón ¿Qué media entre la inspiración y la espiración en el ciclo respiratorio? ¿ Qué yace entre el pensar y el hacer en una persona?. Fenoménicamente , es la pausa : ese intervalo silente, casi sagrado, que hace posible la respiración al permitir distinguir entre la contracción y la relajación del diafragma y los músculos torácicos. ¿ Y...

En el contexto de los procesos de globalización emergen novedosas formas de communitas festiva; como fruto de la revitalización y de la redefinición de lo local, tanto en la ruralidad como en el ámbito urbano, así como de la hibridación y de la interculturalidad en el conjunto de nuestra sociedad. Se trata de las tipologías: temática, mercado medie...

The Black Death (1347–1351) devastated Medieval Europe with mortality rates of 30–60%, potentially creating selective pressure on cognitive and personality traits. We analyzed genomic data from 269 individuals from Medieval Cambridge to test whether the pandemic selected for intelligence-related traits (educational attainment polygenic scores, EA P...

The Chiaravalle Cross, an ancient Italian processional cross from Chiaravalle Abbey (near Milan, Italy), is a jewellery masterpiece richly decorated with precious metals applied by combining different metalworking techniques like chiselling, engraving, gilding by laminas and amalgams. In particular, a golden filigree adorns the entire cross. A very...

Perishable organic raw materials such as plant fibres have been widely used since the time of the earliest human groups, although their poor preservation limits our knowledge of their use. Filling this gap requires a focused search for plant fibre evidence in non-perishable materials. Since teeth are sometimes used in fibre processing, evidence of...

My purpose in this essay is to explore certain affinities between Grettis saga (also called Grettla) and Vatnsdoela saga with the intention of showing how the meaning of the former work is partially derived from or enhanced by a background of oral tradition concerning the outlaw Grettir's maternal ancestors that is reflected in the extant narrative...

The article investigates the rich, but also ambivalent phenomenon of female mysticism within the context of the Nazi ideology. The Third Reich showed two positions towards women who were interested in the sector or the spiritual area. On the one hand, some forms of mysticism were incorporated into the nationalist and racial narrative of the regime;...

The rediscovery of two unusual graves from the Vienna Central Cemetery that can be dated to the 5th century provides new insights into a period of transition in the early Middle Ages. A reassessment of the archaeological findings and the anthropological and zoological remains from 1921 suggests not only early medieval, but also La Tène period buria...

Este trabajo de fraseología histórica analiza una serie de combinaciones locucionales prepositivas de significado causal, final, temporal y local procedentes de una obra literaria representativa del siglo XIV, el Libro del caballero Zifar. El estudio de los procesos lingüísticos que han afectado a estas estructuras permitirá comprobar si se encuent...

The image has always accompanied narration, supporting it; nevertheless, the narration itself has sometimes become the image, taking on the characteristics of iconic language. From the Alexandrian technopaegnion to the Latin and early medieval figurative carme, from calligram to visual poetry, verbum and imago have interpenetrated, becoming one. Th...

This study investigates the representation of Heracles’ beasts in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, and Dante Alighieri’s production, exploring how Dante reflects and reinterprets Homeric creatures. By applying close reading techniques, the analysis reveals that Homeric references to Heracles’ twelve labors are prominently preserved in Dante’s texts, alon...

The technology and provenance of 50 medieval glazed and 15 unglazed ceramics (9 th-12 th c.) from Bulla Regia and Chimtou (ancient Simitthus), in the Medjerda Valley, Tunisia, have been characterised using thin section petrography, LA-ICP-MS and SEM-EDS. All ceramics appear to have been made in Tunisia, except for two samples which are imports from...

According to modern convention, the term “Byzantine Empire” designates the medieval Roman political entity that dominated the Mediterranean world. It traces its origins to the regime established by Emperor Constantine I in the fourth century at the site of ancient Byzantium, which he rebranded as “New Rome,” better known as Constantinople (present-...

RESuMO O artigo divídese en duas partes. Na primeira pro-ponse que a orixe do topónimo Vigo é alto medieval e non de época romana. Na segunda parte pre-séntase a hipótese de que a Burbida do Itinerario Antonino estaría situada en Vigo. Asimesmo pro-ponse un trazado da vía XIX romana que comuni-caría o porto de Vigo cas antigas Tude e Turaqua. ABSTR...

The first ever critical edition of a Latin hagiography of St. Wwerenfridus of Elst, a follower of the great St. Willibrordus, wirth a Dutch translation. With lots of extra's.

Dos traducciones bíblicas de los libros de los Macabeos de los siglos XIII y XV, a partir de la fuente latina, la Vulgata, constituyen el corpus de este trabajo centrado en el análisis de las locuciones prepositivas que incluyen lexemas somáticos (MANUS, FACIES). La comparación de diversas traducciones del mismo texto realizadas en varios cortes te...

El Planctus cygni de autor anónimo, compuesto entre los siglos IX y X, es un magnífico exponente de las letras monásticas medievales en las que se conjugan profundas vivencias espirituales y una delicada sensibilidad poética. En el presente trabajo, procuramos desentrañar el sentido latente en la alegoría del cisne en su vuelo ascendente hacia los...

El objetivo del trabajo es analizar el sentido que cobran en contexto las referencias corporales en el De Regno de Tomás de Aquino. Se evidencia allí un rico uso de las imágenes y las remisiones al cuerpo humano, tanto por sus connotaciones simbólicas como por las funciones que cumplen en el hilo general de un texto pionero en la historia del pensa...

Drawing on a database of over 160 surviving monuments, this article explores the multi-faceted nature and genesis of Franconia’s rich, but under researched late medieval wayside shrine landscape. Part I begins with an overview of the extant corpus of Gothic wayside shrines, before proceeding with case studies that account for the extraordinary popu...

LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY CONFERENCE 2026 18-21 MARCH 2026 BAMBERG (GERMANY) Welcome to the Newsletter of the Landscape Archaeology Conference 2026! The University of Bamberg welcomes you to the UNESCO World Heritage site in the heart of Franconia, the northern part of Bavaria (Germany). Following the creation of the Archdiocese of Bamberg in 1007...

resumen El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar cómo la tecnología hidráulica andalusí fue absorbida y aplicada en los palacios del siglo XVI. En primer lugar, se describirá el nivel de especialización hidráulica que se alcanzó en las residencias de al-Ándalus. Después, se verá en qué medida esta tecnología fue absorbida por los palacios ibéricos b...

The focus of this study is on reconstructing the history of Prison in Agäw Meder Awrajja from 1941 to 1991. It examines the history and development of punishments and corrections. Methodologically, the thesis exhaustively exploited archival, oral, and written secondary sources.The principal method employed in the study is the qualitative method. Li...

A partir de una mirada artística contemporánea, el presente artículo busca dar un paso más en el estudio de las tallas de origen medieval catalogadas como vírgenes negras, cuya vigencia es evidente a la luz del interés cultural que suscita todavía hoy el fenómeno en ambientes que traspasan la devoción cristiana clásica. Sin perder el vínculo con la...

zet. Azerbaycan'ın ortaçağ kültürü ve sosyo-ideolojik ortamının incelenmesinde öncelikle Türk tarihi bağlamında yoğunlaşılması gerekir. Zira Azerbaycan, Türk-Müslüman ortak tarihinin önemli olaylarının merkezinde yer almıştır. Azerbaycan topraklarının, hem Hilafet dönemlerinde hem de Selçuklulardan başlayarak İlhanlılar, Altın Orda, Osmanlılar, Akk...

Zusammenfassung Der vorliegende Artikel legt dar, welche Entwicklungen die soziale Netzwerkanalyse in der Geschichtswissenschaft in den letzten dreißig Jahren genommen haben. Es werden die wichtigsten Konzepte und Strömungen der sozialen Netzwerkforschung in der Mediävistik sowie Renaissanceforschung vorgestellt und zukünftige Forschungsperspektive...

No presente texto procura-se apresentar, de forma muito sintética, os dados históricos, arqueológicos e urbanísticos que concorrem para a hipótese aqui sustentada: a mesquita aljama de al-Ushbuna localizava-se no local onde hoje se implanta a Sé Catedral de Lisboa. A construção do templo cristão representa um exemplo clássico de reversibilidade dos...

El presente artículo es un intento por exponer el proyecto geopolítico de crear una patria hispano-católica por parte de algunos nacionalistas argentinos mediante la descripción de Sol y luna (1938-1943), una de las revistas más representativas del mismo. A tal fin nos mueven motivos historiográficos pues no reivindicamos su calidad literaria sino...

A fractal analysis of the most important architectural monuments (temples) of medieval Armenia is given. Quantitative (objective) evaluations of their artistic appeal are obtained. These evaluations confirm the generally accepted (subjective) appeal of these temples as masterpieces of Armenian architecture. Based on the fractal data obtained, stati...

The article explores four foundations by priests in Thorn (Toruń) as good examples of the bourgeois religious culture of Late Medieval Prussia. These institutions were established by wealthy priests who were simultaneously prominent members of the town community. As a result, detailed documents were issued, providing valuable insights into the exte...

This article primarily aims to explore the career of Mīr Ghiyāṯ-al-Dīn Shīrāzī by examining his identity and contributions to the ‛Ādil Shāhī Sultanate in Medieval Deccan. This study employs a qualitative research methodology that focuses on the identity and agency of individuals as a major factor in shaping their personality and achieving targets,...

This quantitative analysis of direct references to the two most frequently cited Greek, Roman, Christian, Islamic, and Jewish philosophers within Aquinas' opus, with a detailed examination of Avicenna, addressed a gap in the systematic enumeration of sources using a three-tiered methodology, which included documentation of Aquinas' direct citations...

Emotions are an area of medieval Icelandic life and thought where many ideologies intersect, including Christian and pre-Christian traditions about honour, virtue and vice, and literary and political agendas. Emotional effects in literature are also triggered in multiple ways by the choices made by the authors, that is, by the linguistic and stylis...

Imperialism matters, particularly in architectural history. But does medievalism also matter in our field? The reverberations of the medieval in post-medieval architecture are often seen as inconveniences or of peripheral interest in evolutionist, if not modernist, versions of architectural history. Yet the Middle Ages traverse non-medieval spatial...

In the present monograph we are publishing the full text of an unknown Slavic nomocanonical compilation which we found and photographed in 2023 in Mount Athos, in a kellion near the monastic capital of Karyai. The watermarks of the paper date this manuscript to about 1560-1580. After each page of the Slavic text we are offering the reader the text...

This study seeks to harmonize the impasse between the internalist and externalist epistemological theories within the purview of integrative epistemology. These two warring factions in contemporary epistemology conduct their debate as if their so called differences cannot be unified. Epistemologists of diverse schools of thought have discussed inte...

Kadının, erkeğin Tanrı’yla kurduğu ayrıcalıklı ilişkiden sürekli olarak dışlanmasına yol açan androsentrik bakış açısının yerleşmesinde ve bu bakış açısının çağdaş fikirler üzerinde de etkili olmaya devam etmesinde kanonik düşünürlerin kadınlık hakkındaki düşünce ve yorumları hiç şüphesiz çok önemli bir rol oynamaktadır. Kanonik düşünürlerin öne sü...

Leopoldo Marechal confesó en numerosas oportunidades su adhesión a la clasificación de los géneros según los criterios aristotélicos y, en especial, advirtió sobre la pertenencia de los mismos a un poeticus labor. La novela, desde esta perspectiva, es un sucedáneo legítimo de la epopeya; de la cual sigue sus principios canónicos para escribir Adán...