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Lights, power and the moral economy of early medieval Europe
By the beginning of the early Middle Ages the convention that each church should have a light burning at all times on the altar was strongly established. This paper examines how elites promulgated this idea and benefitted from their ability to furnish lighting material (oil and wax) when this was becoming scarce and expensive.
Paul Fouracre
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El objetivo de nuestro artículo es alcanzar un mayor y mejor conocimiento, del concepto de la dote matrimonial en el Reino de Castilla, a finales de la Edad Media y en los albores de la Edad Moderna.
Teresa Sánchez Collada
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The Martyrs of Córdoba: Debates around a curious case of medieval martyrdom
Abstract Historians have long been fascinated by the almost 50 Christians who were sentenced to death by the Islamic authorities in mid‐ninth century Córdoba, in most cases for wilfully and publicly blaspheming against the Prophet. Since the single manuscript account describing the lives and actions of the so‐called martyrs of Córdoba was ‘rediscovered’
Kati Ihnat
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La recusatio iudicis suspecti en Derecho Romano y sus vaivenes históricos [PDF]
The recusatio iudicis suspecti constitutes a controversial figure, whose imprecise edges are not always well delimited. This work gets close to its Roman configuration,establishing some of its essential characteristics, which will doubtlessly constitute ...
Ana Alemán Monreal
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Restauration ou bouleversement ?
After the turbulence caused by the Islamic occupation, the restoration of the so-called primate power of the former Visigothic metropolis of Toledo on October 15, 1088 by Pope Urban II had important legal and political consequences thus destabilising the
Ludwig Vones
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A Late Medieval Knight Reflecting on his Public Life: Hugo de Urriés (c. 1405-c. 1493), Diplomacy and Translating the Classics [PDF]
This article focuses on Aragonese courtier Hugo de Urriés's public profile by means of analyzing the critical points derived from examining his personal, political, cultural and historical stands making use of an invaluable primary source, his letter to ...
Conde Solares, Carlos
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The Iberian Peninsula in the Imperial and Post-Imperial Context [PDF]
This paper investigates the way in which technical and normative knowledge relating to infrastructures, mobility and water management, which the Romans began developing in the republican period, was functionalized for the purpose of expanding the empire ...
Baltrusch, Ernst +6 more
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Making and keeping agreements in medieval Catalonia, 1000-1200 [PDF]
The author proposes an explanation of the diplomatic, judicial and political context in which the convenientia emerged -a documentary typology which establishes an individual and private agreement in Catalonia during the 11th and 12th centuries ...
Kosto, Adam J.
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Whole genome sequencing of Galicians (GALOMICS; 17.2 M variants) reveals a genetic landscape consistent with broader Iberian patterns, characterized by only five clusters. Phylogenetic analyses indicate recent divergence and mild regional inbreeding.
Jacobo Pardo‐Seco +7 more
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Amateur justice in Carolingian Bavaria
This paper examines judges and judgement in Bavarian dispute charters from the first decades of the ninth century. It argues that justice in Carolingian Bavaria was an amateur affair, in which of primary importance was the ability to create a stable consensus around an outcome. Accordingly, distinctions between judges and other participants in judicial
Amos Bronner
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