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From Rome to the Antipodes: the medieval form of the world [PDF]

International Journal of Literature and Arts. Vol. 1, No. 2, 2013, pp. 16-25, 2012
Here we discuss how some medieval scholars in the Western Europe viewed the form of the world and the problem of the Antipodes, starting from the Natural History written by Pliny and ending in the Hell of Dante Alighieri. From the center of the Earth, Dante and Virgil came to the Antipodes: eventually, their existence was accepted. Among the others, we
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Medievalism: A Critical History by David Matthews (review) [PDF]

Arthuriana, 2015
Review of David Matthews, Medievalism: A Critical History. Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 2015, pp. 229.
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Medieval Christian Dualist Perceptions and Conceptions of Biblical Paradise [PDF]

, 2013
The article intends to draw attention to some of the most significant and telling appropriations of traditional themes of Biblical paradise in medieval Christian dualism (namely, Paulicianism, Bogomilism and related groups in Eastern Christendom and ...
Stoyanov, Yuri
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Robert Grosseteste's thought on Light and Form of the World [PDF]

International Journal of Sciences, 2014, Volume 3, Issue 4, Pages 54-62, 2014
Robert Grosseteste was one of the most prominent thinkers of the Thirteenth Century. Philosopher and scientist, he proposed a metaphysics based on the propagation of light. In this framework, he gave a cosmology too. Here we will discuss the treatise where Grosseteste proposed it, that entitled 'De luce, seu de incohatione formarum', 'On Light and the ...
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The Science of al-Biruni [PDF]

International Journal of Sciences 2(12), 52-60, 2013, 2013
Al-Biruni (973-1048) was one of the greatest scientists of all times. He was an astronomer, mathematician and philosopher, and studied physics and natural sciences. In this paper, we will discuss some of his experimental methods and some instruments he used.
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The fortunes of Arthur: Malory to Milton [PDF]

, 2014
This chapter follows the fortunes of Arthur as a figure contested and celebrated in equal measure between Malory's Morte Darthur (1485), and Milton's History of Britain (1670).
Maley, Willy, Swann, Adam
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Why modeling? The visual as a reflection of intellectual perspectives in medieval history [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
This article examines the importance of graphic representations in the social sciences, and particularly in (medieval) history, taking as its starting point a reflection by {\'E}tienne-Jules Marey, a physiologist and pioneer of 19th-century photography and cinema. Marey believed that the visual should replace language in many fields.
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PAPAL CHAPLAIN AND SUBDEACON EGIDIUS. JUDGE DELEGATE AND LEGATE IN HUNGARY AT THE SAME TIME?

Истраживања, 2017
The present paper gives a short summary about the course of life of Egidius, a papal chaplain and subdeacon, who spent ca. three years in the Medieval Kingdom of Hungary in the late 1220’s as a judge delegate.
GÁBOR BARABÁS
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Arts, Artworks and Manuscripts in Sicily between the 12th and 13th Centuries: Interactions and Interchanges at the Mediterranean Crossroads

Arts, 2023
This research explores the figurative culture that flourished in Sicily during the 12th and 13th centuries, focusing on the interplay between artifacts of different types, materials, techniques and uses.
Giulia Arcidiacono
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Reformist hagiography : the life of St Roding of Beaulieu and the struggle for power in early eleventh-Century Lotharingia [PDF]

, 2016
This paper explores an example of ‘reformist’ hagiographic production in early eleventh-century Lotharingia by focusing on the Life of St Roding of Beaulieu, a small monastery in the diocese of Verdun.
Vanheule, Koen
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