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Benedictine Monasticism is a Christian monastic tradition founded by St. Benedict of Nursia in the 6th century, characterized by a communal lifestyle, adherence to the Rule of St. Benedict, and a focus on prayer, work, and study within a structured, disciplined environment aimed at spiritual growth and community living.
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Benedictine Monasticism is a Christian monastic tradition founded by St. Benedict of Nursia in the 6th century, characterized by a communal lifestyle, adherence to the Rule of St. Benedict, and a focus on prayer, work, and study within a structured, disciplined environment aimed at spiritual growth and community living.
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Così si fa la pelle bianca nera. Una nota su profezie e calendari lunisolari nella Commedia
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Alberto Pimpinelli
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Il canto xxvii del Paradiso ha da sempre rappresentato un ostacolo esegetico per la critica dantesca. Apertosi con l’invettiva di San Pietro contro i papi corruttori della Chiesa, il canto si chiude con l’annuncio di un rinnovamento del...
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Il canto xxvii del Paradiso ha da sempre rappresentato un ostacolo esegetico per la critica dantesca. Apertosi con l’invettiva di San Pietro contro i papi corruttori della Chiesa, il canto si chiude con l’annuncio di un rinnovamento del mondo, sullo sfondo di arcani dettagli del calendario giuliano. Avvalendosi dell’Opus Majus di Bacone, si argomenta qui che proprio
nel calendario, e in particolare nel computo pasquale, si cela la chiave che schiude i molteplici enigmi del testo.
“Così si fa la pelle bianca nera”. Prophecies and lunisolar calendars in the Commedia ·
Canto xxvii of Paradiso has always been an exegetical challenge for Dante’s critics. Opening with Saint Peter’s invective against the popes who corrupted the Church, the canto ends with the announcement of a renewal of the world, against the backdrop of arcane features of the Julian calendar. Making use of Bacon’s Opus Majus, it is argued here that the key the unlocks the multiple enigmas in the text is hidden precisely in the calendar, and in particular in the Easter computus.
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"An Abba Is an Abba Is an Abba? The Many Meanings of the Abbatial Title in the Early Medieval West" at the workshop "Reimagining Monastic Leadership" in Huissen (Netherlands), 13–15 April 2026
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Jerzy Szafranowski
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Listina Jindřicha I. Ptáčníka DH I 20: Moderní kritika a problematika tzv. Hausordnungu [The Charter of Henry I the Fowler DH I 20: Modern Critique and the Problem of the So-Called Hausordnung]
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Martin Šenk
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The designation of king Otto I by king Henry I is associated with the legal-historical concept known as the Hausordnung. This concept is based, among other things, on the interpretation of Henry I's charter, commonly referred to as DH I...
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The designation of king Otto I by king Henry I is associated with the legal-historical concept known as the Hausordnung. This concept is based, among other things, on the interpretation of Henry I's charter, commonly referred to as DH I 20. The following article analyses this key source and the scholarly discourse connected with it. It is demonstrated that even if DH I 20 is in fact a forged charter, the forgery still preserves a valuable historical core, since the formulation of the arenga was probably not the crucial element that motivated its creation. At the same time, the article argues that, in both scenarios, the charter cannot be regarded as a reflection of the so-called Hausordnung.
Designace krále Oty I. králem Jindřichem I. bývá spojována s právně-historickým konceptem tzv. Hausordnungu. Tento koncept vychází mimo jiné z interpretace Jindřichovy listiny, běžně označované jako DH I 20. Následující článek analyzuje tento klíčový pramen a s ním související odbornou diskusi. Prokazuje, že i v případě, že by DH I 20 byla falzem, uchovává si listina hodnotné historické jádro, neboť formulace arengy patrně nepředstavovala rozhodující motiv jejího vzniku. Zároveň článek argumentuje, že bez ohledu na to, zda je listina autentická, či zda se jedná o falzum, nelze ji interpretovat jako odraz tzv. Hausordnungu.
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Benedictine Book Acquisitions in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Bohemia. A Case of Convents in Broumov and Prague
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Jindrich Kolda
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The chapter deals with the administration of Benedictine libraries in early modern Bohemia. It shows the fundamental differences between the book culture in the male and female branches of the order. This is reflected in all areas -...
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The chapter deals with the administration of Benedictine libraries in early modern Bohemia. It shows the fundamental differences between the book culture in the male and female branches of the order. This is reflected in all areas - administration, scope or replenishment of books.
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Benedictine Book Acquisitions in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Bohemia. A Case of Convents in Broumov and Prague
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Jindrich Kolda
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Burkhardt, Julia; Hinderer, John; Klarić, Tamara und Klymenko, Iryna (Hrsg.) (2026): Wachsame Gemeinschaft. Ein Quellenreader zur Bursfelder Kongregation und ihren Klöstern vom 15 bis ins 17. Jahrhundert. Kleine Reihe des Sonderforschungsbereichs Vigilanzkulturen, Bd. 6. Hannover: Wehrhahn Verlag
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Sambucina and the studies of Professor Antonio Crocco. Parallels between Joachimite symbolism and Dante's symbolism
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Accoglienza monastica - Bologna
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This contribution examines the reception of guests in Benedictine houses in Western Europe, with particular attention to the Italian context between the sixth and the fourteenth centuries. It opens with a detailed analysis of the Regula Benedicti, focusing on its prescriptions concerning hospitality and guest reception. The study then considers the customary and constitutional regulations of several Benedictine reforms that emerged and spread in Italy during the High and Late Middle Ages—namely the Cistercians, the Camaldolese, the Vallombrosans, and the Olivetans. The aim is to show how the written norms supplementing the Rule interpreted its precepts on the reception of non-professed individuals in light of differing historical, cultural, and ecclesiological contexts. Particular emphasis is placed on the evolutionary process that developed from the thirteenth century onwards, a process that was not unaffected by the influence of the new mendicant orders.
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Esta nota introductoria seguirá por tanto el orden de aparición de los temas como están en la misma Regla, así paso a paso, en seis breves apartados, se podrá ir descubriendo sus distintas facetas, algunas asombrosamente muy actuales por su urgencia y que ayudan a repensar temas controvertidos hoy: militancia, obediencia, prueba, pedagogía, tradición, ancianos, disciplina, autoridad, ley y libertad.
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Head Librarian, Senior Digital Humanist and Data Curator with over 15 years of experience at the intersection of cultural heritage and transformative technologies. I hold the National Scientific Qualification (ASN) as an Associate Professor and a Ph.D. in History of Medieval Monasticism. As the architect of the first IIIF-based workflow in Italy (Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana), my career has been dedicated to shifting from 'Data Silos' and 'Walled Gardens' to open, interoperable ecosystems. I am an expert in FAIR principles, Semantic Web, and Digital Ethics.
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G. Minnucci, L'elezione dell'abate nella Regola di San Benedetto da Norcia (cap. LXIV) e la legislazione novellare giustinianea: una possibile connessione?
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Giovanni Minnucci
2026
Pubblicazione edita da Associazione "Via Benedicti" e Comune di Alatri, che riproduce, con corredo fotografico, il testo apparso in "Historia et Ius", 29 (2026). ABSTRACT; Il cap. 64 della Regola di san Benedetto prevede che l’abate...
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Pubblicazione edita da Associazione "Via Benedicti" e Comune di Alatri, che riproduce, con corredo fotografico, il testo apparso in "Historia et Ius", 29 (2026).
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Il cap. 64 della Regola di san Benedetto prevede che l’abate venga eletto all’unanimità oppure, quando non è possibile, non dalla maggioranza numerica, ma da una parte, anche minoritaria (sanior pars), della comunità monastica. Questo studio intende dimostrare che tale procedura elettorale potrebbe derivare da una Novella giustinianea del 546. Lo conferma la lettura comparata dei testi e l’opinione espressa, sul punto, in età moderna, dal giurista umanista Antoine Le Conte (Contius). Ciò consente di poter affermare che la Regola dovrebbe essere è stata emanata da Benedetto dopo il 546.
Chapter 64 of the Rule of St. Benedict stresses that the abbot should be elected unanimously or, if not possible, by a minority (sanior pars) of the monastic community rather than by a numerical majority. This study aims to demonstrate that this electoral procedure may derive from a 546 Justinian Novella. This is confirmed by a comparative reading of the texts and of the opinion on this point expressed in the modern age by the humanist jurist Antoine Le Conte (Contius). This allows us to affirm that the Rule could have been issued by Benedict after 546
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WALTER OF ORLEANS: A PRELATE OF THE NINTH CENTURY
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Ahmet Alp Kaya
2026
This thesis examines the episcopal career of Walter, bishop of Orléans between 867 and 892, and argues that his significance lay not merely in local ecclesiastical administration but in his active role within the political structures of...
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This thesis examines the episcopal career of Walter, bishop of Orléans between 867 and 892, and argues that his significance lay not merely in local ecclesiastical administration but in his active role within the political structures of late Carolingian Francia. By combining institutional, political, and administrative analysis, the study determines the place of Walter in the ninth-century Western Frankish political life. By carefully analysing his capitulary, which was promulgated in the second year of his tenure, this thesis tries to determine his effects on the administrative structure of the church of Orléans and the points where he parted his ways with his predecessors in the means of governing the Diocese, which was under his control. The second part situates Walter within the political landscape of Neustria. It examines his close association with Hugh the Abbot and his subsequent support for Odo, the first non-Carolingian king of West Francia. Through charter evidence, narrative sources, and episcopal correspondence, the thesis shows that Walter functioned as a political broker, facilitating alliances, legitimizing power transitions, and contributing to the consolidation of royal authority in and around Orléans.
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Een demon tegen een demon: Moraalpsychologisch realisme bij Evagrius en Cassianus
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Viggo van Uden
2026, De Kovel: Monastiek Tijdschrift voor Vlaanderen en Nederland
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Dit artikel beschrijft de moraalpsychologische inzichten van de woestijnvaders Evagrius van Pontus (†399) en Johannes Cassianus († ca. 435), met bijzondere aandacht voor hun paradoxale strategie om de ene demon te gebruiken tegen de andere. Zo ontstaat een ‘vice-à-vice’, waarbij twee gedachten tegenover elkaar worden geplaatst totdat beide hun kracht verliezen. Evagrius verwoordt deze methode treffend als “een spijker met een spijker uitslaan”, wat getuigt van een diepgaand moreel realisme. De weg naar innerlijke rust (apatheia) wordt daarbij niet voorgesteld als een abrupte overgang, maar als een geleidelijk proces. In dit proces maakt de mens gebruik van het krachtenveld van de demonen, opgevat als gedachten, die – mits juist onderscheiden – zelfs tijdelijk als bondgenoten kunnen fungeren.
(Volledige artikel, zie De Kovel, nr. 92, pp. 92-100).
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Massimiliano David
2026, LUOGHI DELL'OTIUM
In the ancient world the term otium is used to indicate the time dedicated tointellectual and spiritual enrichment (its opposite is negotium). Beginning in Late antiquity, otium becomes an indispensable tool for the realization of the...
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In the ancient world the term otium is used to indicate the time dedicated tointellectual and spiritual enrichment (its opposite is negotium). Beginning in Late antiquity, otium becomes an indispensable tool for the realization of the ideals of monastic life. The architectural type of the “cloister with galleries”, which established itself in the second half of the Eighth century in an exclusively quadrangular formulation, was inspired by the late antique architectural model of the peristyle, always present in domus and villae. This structure is then destined to assume a strongly identifying character for the monastic communities of the Christian West.
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Patronage and Presence: Saintly Mischief and Saintly Power in Bernard of Angers' Liber miraculorum sancte Fidis
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Jonathan Sapp
2026, Journal of Medieval History
This article examines the first two books of the eleventh-century Liber miraculorum sancte Fidis of Bernard of Angers. Bernard wrote the miracles with specific theological concerns of northern cathedral schools in mind, concerns that...
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This article examines the first two books of the eleventh-century Liber miraculorum sancte Fidis of Bernard of Angers. Bernard wrote the miracles with specific theological concerns of northern cathedral schools in mind, concerns that centred on sight, presence, and the role of eyewitnesses. At the same time, however, the text also reflects the influence of the social norms of southern Frankish warriors practiced at the shrine, within the cult network, and with Sainte Foy's reliquary. For the devotees at Conques, Sainte Foy was the central patron. Treating Bernard's miracles as polyphonic texts written with different lay and clerical communities in mind makes it possible to criticise Bernard's imposed 'elite' and 'rustic' dichotomy within the miracles. It then becomes possible to demonstrate that elite lay people and their social practices can have an impact on intellectual and theological change in eleventh-century Francia.
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L’edizione critica digitale dei documenti medievali. Le forme degli atti di Octavianus notarius
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Antonella Ambrosio
2026, in Ingenita curiositas.Studi sull’Italia medievale per Giovanni Vitolo, a cura di B. Figliuolo, R. Di Meglio, A. Ambrosio, vol. III, pp. 1153 – 1173, Battipaglia, Laveglia&Carlone
Italiano Questo contributo riflette sulle potenzialità dell’edizione critica digitale applicata ai documenti medievali, assumendo come caso di studio gli atti del notaio Ottaviano conservati nell’archivio di S. Maria della Grotta....
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Questo contributo riflette sulle potenzialità dell’edizione critica digitale applicata ai documenti medievali, assumendo come caso di studio gli atti del notaio Ottaviano conservati nell’archivio di S. Maria della Grotta. Attraverso l’uso di Monasterium.net, della codifica XML/CEI e dell’analisi delle immagini digitali, il saggio mostra come l’edizione digitale non sia solo uno strumento di pubblicazione, ma anche un mezzo di ricerca. La marcatura dei dati consente infatti di mettere in evidenza strutture testuali, forme diplomatistiche, tratti scrittori e dinamiche documentarie altrimenti meno visibili. L’analisi degli atti di Ottaviano permette così di cogliere, in un contesto locale dell’Italia meridionale, la fluidità e l’ibridazione delle forme documentarie tra breve, charta e scriptum memoriae. Ne emerge il valore dell’interoperabilità e della codifica come strumenti per interrogare i documenti in modo nuovo e storicamente più ricco.
This essay reflects on the potential of scholarly digital editions for medieval documents, using the acts of the notary Octavianus from the archive of Santa Maria della Grotta as a case study. Through Monasterium.net, XML/CEI encoding, and the analysis of digital images, the article shows that digital editing is not merely a form of publication, but also a research method. Encoding makes it possible to highlight textual structures, diplomatic forms, scribal features, and documentary dynamics that are otherwise less visible. The analysis of Octavianus’ charters reveals, within a local southern Italian context, the fluidity and hybridity of documentary forms between breve, charta, and scriptum memoriae. The study ultimately underscores the value of interoperability and markup as tools for a richer historical interpretation of medieval records.
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Celem artykułu jest omówienie specyfiki działalności księcia krakowskiego i sandomierskiego Bolesława V Wstydliwego wobec klasztorów. Wspomnianemu władcy nie można odmówić hojności wobec Kościoła. Nie można jednak nie spostrzec, że owa...
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Celem artykułu jest omówienie specyfiki działalności księcia krakowskiego i sandomierskiego Bolesława V Wstydliwego wobec klasztorów. Wspomnianemu władcy nie można odmówić hojności wobec Kościoła. Nie można jednak nie spostrzec, że owa hojność – zwłaszcza wobec klasztorów założonych przez najbardziej potężne rody – była pochodną sytuacji politycznej i aktualnej pozycji owych rodów w elicie władzy. Ilość przywilejów dla „rodowych” konwentów była wprost proporcjonalna do znaczenia ich założycieli w państwie Bolesława. Działalność donacyjna księcia stała się narzędziem politycznym. Należy zwrócić uwagę, że zmniejszenia ilości wystawianych przywilejów nie doświadczyły fundacje rodów mało znaczących w XIII w., czy fundacje monarsze.
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Este trabajo tiene por objetivo el estudio de la incidencia del estilo náutico en las edificaciones privadas y de carácter público en la isla de Tenerife durante el siglo XX. Los
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Meta Niederkorn
2026, Publication – « Schriftlichkeit religiöser Gemeinschaften. Zwischen Urkundenforschung und Digital Humanities », éd. Johannes Laroche, Georg Vogeler, Dominique Stutzmann, Marlène Helias-Baron, Sébastien Barret
Die Beherrschung des Schreibaktes im Kontext von Recht und Religion ist wichtig. Ohne Wenn und Aber hat die Lesefähigkeit in einer Gesellschaft, in der das Wort ‚Buch' so hohen Stellenwert einnimmt und schließlich sogar das Wort ‚Schrift'...
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Die Beherrschung des Schreibaktes im Kontext von Recht und Religion ist wichtig. Ohne Wenn und Aber hat die Lesefähigkeit in einer Gesellschaft, in der das Wort ‚Buch' so hohen Stellenwert einnimmt und schließlich sogar das Wort ‚Schrift' als Synonym für die Bibel, die Heilige Schrift, verwendet wird, herausragende Bedeutung 1. Ebenso ist Schriftlichkeit im Kontext der Gesetze seit dem Codex Hammurabi von besonderem Gewicht. Rechtssicherheit ist mit Verschriftlichung verknüpft; in den Gesetzestafeln Mose verbinden sich Recht und Religion. Im Alten Ägyp ten werden Nekropolenschreiber als ‚Schreiber des Grabes' oder als ‚Schreiber an der Stätte der Wahrheit' bezeichnet. Zur Zeit Ramses III. produzieren sie "Briefe privater oder offizieller Natur, fertigen schriftliche Orakelfragen an und bezeugen Orakelentscheidungen. [.. . ] Menschen außerhalb der Tempelbezirke stellten sie ihr Spezialwissen zur Verfügung und ließen sich gut dafür bezahlen" 2. Die Fest stellung Nam contra legem Langobardorum aut Romanorum non scribant 3 ist so lange relevant, solange Normen verschriftlicht und Ausverhandeltes notiert wer * Alle in diesem Beitrag angegebenen Links wurden zuletzt am 3. Juli 2025 überprüft und wenn möglich eine Kopie mit dem Capturing-Dienst des Internet Archive erstellt.
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CZY ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE RELIKWIE DRZEWA KRZYŻA ŚWIĘTEGO TO ZAGINIONE RELIKWIE KRÓLA SERBII STEFANA UROSZA I
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Karolina Maciaszek (Supernak)
2026, ,,Nasza Przeszłość"
Celem artykułu jest poszukanie odpowiedzi na pytanie, czy świętokrzyskie relikwie Drzewa Krzyża Świętego odnalazły swojego pierwotnego właściciela. Dużo argumentów przemawia za tezą, że partykuły Męki Pańskiej, spoczywające obecnie na...
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Celem artykułu jest poszukanie odpowiedzi na pytanie, czy świętokrzyskie relikwie Drzewa Krzyża Świętego odnalazły swojego pierwotnego właściciela. Dużo argumentów przemawia za tezą, że partykuły Męki Pańskiej, spoczywające obecnie na Łysej Górze, znajdowały się w staurotece, która należała do króla Serbii Stefana Urosza I. Podczas najazdu Serbów w 1268 r. wpadła ona w ręce Węgrów, następnie stała się własnością króla Beli IV. Po śmierci Beli, jego syn i następca mógł przywieźć relikwiarz z cząstkami Przenajświętszego Krzyża do Krakowa, na spotkanie z Bolesławem Wstydliwym, z którym-jak informuje Kronika Dzierzwy-zawarł pokój pod Krzyżem z Drzewa Pańskiego.
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A Glimpse of Giulio Aleni’s Apophatic Language
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CHEN CUI
2026, Classica Serica: Il latino e l’Oriente tra l’età medievale e quella moderna, ed. by Andrea Balbo, Elisa Della Calce, and Simone Mollea (Pisa: Pacini Editore, 2026), pp. 35-62.
Over recent decades, a broad scholarly consensus has emerged recognising the mystical and apophatic currents within Jesuit theology, 1
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Obozy pracy dla sióstr zakonnych w PRL-druk
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Ks. Błażej Michalewski
2026
30 lipca 1954 roku Józef Cyrankiewicz ówczesny premier rządu polskiego, poinformował swoich współpracowników o planowanych na 3 sierpnia tegoż roku działaniach operacyjnych, które będą miały na celu przeniesienie pewnej ilości sióstr...
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30 lipca 1954 roku Józef Cyrankiewicz ówczesny premier rządu polskiego, poinformował swoich współpracowników o planowanych na 3 sierpnia tegoż roku działaniach operacyjnych, które będą miały na celu przeniesienie pewnej ilości sióstr zakonnych z zachodnich ziem polskich tj. województw wrocławskiego, opolskiego i stalinogrodzkiego (katowickiego) do centralnej części kraju. Jako powód podjęcia takich kroków było powołanie się na ankietę w której:
Wiele zakonnic autochtonek ze Śląska podało narodowość niemiecką oraz przyznało się do posługiwania się językiem niemieckim, jak również słabej znajomość języka polskiego. Dodatkowo postawiono im zarzut rewizjonizmu niemieckiego.
Podjęte działania opatrzono kryptonimem  akcja X2.
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The Roman Urbanisation of the Northern Adriatic Island of Cres: Re-Evaluation of Archaeological Sources from Osor, Cres and Beli
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Nives Doneus
2026, Studia universitatis hereditati
The article examines the question of Roman urbanisation on the island of Cres during the early imperial period. It seeks to balance the markedly different levels of research conducted at Osor, Cres, and Beli, evaluating them impartially....
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The article examines the question of Roman urbanisation on the island of Cres during the early imperial period. It seeks to balance the markedly different levels of research conducted at Osor, Cres, and Beli, evaluating them impartially. This re-evaluation is based on the principle that considering inscriptions, architecture, and landscape context together provides a more comprehensive understanding of Roman urban development than treating these categories separately. Adopting this approach has improved understanding of the available archaeological evidence. At the same time, it has revealed that perceptions of the Roman towns on Cres are influenced more by the state of research than most scholars would admit. The contribution of archaeological prospection methods and the dating of historical mortar are also discussed. Due to the very different post-Roman historical trajectories and natural conditions at each site, a wide range of results has been observed. The findings confirm that Osor was the Roman centre of Cres and that the inscription CIL III 3148 (10131) most likely originates from there. The location of the potential Roman settlement of Crexi remains unknown. No evidence was found to support the existence of an early imperial town at Beli. Instead, the dating of the city wall mortar indicates a settlement phase in late Antiquity.
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Law: Rising against Legal Patriarchy and the Colonial Gender Binary
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Vanja Hamzić
2026, A Cultural History of Gender in the Age of Modernity
This chapter examines the entanglement of law, gender, and colonial power between the 1750s and 1950s, arguing that modern legal regimes were central to constructing and enforcing a hierarchical, patriarchal gender binary on a global...
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This chapter examines the entanglement of law, gender, and colonial power between the 1750s and 1950s, arguing that modern legal regimes were central to constructing and enforcing a hierarchical, patriarchal gender binary on a global scale. It situates this development within the expansion of Euro-American colonialism and racial capitalism, which deployed law as a key instrument for classifying human difference and institutionalising social hierarchies. The chapter traces how Enlightenment science and colonial governance converged to elevate an idealised figure of the white, male, propertied subject, embedding this norm within legal systems and marginalising alternative formations of gender, intimacy, and sociality.
Drawing on critical scholarship and case studies from British and French imperial contexts, the chapter highlights how colonial law actively suppressed gender diversity, both in metropolitan settings and across colonised societies. It explores the legal regulation of gender-nonconforming individuals, including South Asian hijṛē and West African artisanal castes, as well as the influence of Orientalist representations on Islamic legal and cultural discourses. At the same time, the chapter foregrounds forms of resistance, including early feminist and proto-transnational movements, which contested colonial gender regimes. It concludes that while colonial law entrenched gendered hierarchies, it also unwittingly generated the conditions for their eventual critique and transformation.
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Breve storia di Lozza
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Filosofia Poesia Lunaria
2026
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"Auch Aderlassen thu ich gern" Barbiere in der frühneuzeitlichen Medizinpraxis
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Shuhei Inoue
2026, 1. Deutsch-japanisch-koreanisches Stipendiatenseminar (8. Treffen von DAAD-Stipendiaten): 12. und 13. Juli 2007 (=Veröffentlichungen des Japanisch-Deuschen Zentrums Berlin, Bd. 57)
Die westliche "moderne" Medizin hat sich heute überall in der Welt durchgesetzt. Auch in Japan wurde bereits im 18. Jahrhundert die europäische Medizinlehre durch niederländische Kaufleute eingeführt. 1 Ein erstes Ergebnis dieser Importe...
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Die westliche "moderne" Medizin hat sich heute überall in der Welt durchgesetzt. Auch in Japan wurde bereits im 18. Jahrhundert die europäische Medizinlehre durch niederländische Kaufleute eingeführt. 1 Ein erstes Ergebnis dieser Importe war die Übersetzung Kaitaishinsho von 1774 (, "Neues Buch der Anatomie") des Buches Ontleedkundige Tafeln aus dem Holländischen, das ursprünglich von dem deutschen Arzt Johan Adam Kulmus unter dem Titel Anatomische Tabellen (1732) veröffentlicht worden war. 2 Allerdings haben selbst in Europa erst im 19. Jahrhundert gelehrte Ärzte ihre Position als professionelle Mediziner etabliert und den "medizinischen Markt" monopolisiert. Vor der Professionalisierung der Ärzte waren viele unterschiedliche Personengruppen in der Medizinpraxis tätig. Dazu zählen nicht zuletzt Barbiere, die nicht nur Haare schnitten, sondern auch chirurgische Behandlungen vornahmen. Dieser Beitrag soll am Beispiel der Stadt Köln die Verschiedenartigkeit und die Regulierung in der frühneuzeitlichen Medizinpraxis umreißen und anschließend kurz mit der Situation in Japan vergleichen.
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Harina középkori temploma (The medieval church of Herina)
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Béla Zsolt Szakács
2026, Középkori művészet a Szamos mentén. Szerk.: Kollár Tibor. Kolozsvár–Budapest: Iskola Alapítvány–Möller István Alapítvány, 2021, I. 175-223.
The Romanesque church of Harina (Mönchsdorf in German, Herina in Romanian) is one of the most important historic monuments in Transylvania. This paper, based on the review of its historiography, restoration history and formal analysis,...
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The Romanesque church of Harina (Mönchsdorf in German, Herina in Romanian) is one of the most important historic monuments in Transylvania. This paper, based on the review of its historiography, restoration history and formal analysis, attempts to date and contextualize the church.
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La asistencia social de la Iglesia durante la Edad Media: la hospitalidad monástica
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Juan Lobo
2026, España: Universidad de León, Humanismo y …
expresión en la hospitalidad que alcanza su mayor desarrollo en los siglos XI y XII en torno a los caminos de peregrinación. El peregrino por estar fuera de casa, en tierras extrañas, es siempre necesitado; más si es de condición humilde....
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expresión en la hospitalidad que alcanza su mayor desarrollo en los siglos XI y XII en torno a los caminos de peregrinación. El peregrino por estar fuera de casa, en tierras extrañas, es siempre necesitado; más si es de condición humilde. El artículo resalta el sentido y relieve que adquiere la hospitalidad en torno al "Camino de Santiago" y más específicamente en el trayecto leones, a lo largo de cuyo recorrido surgen numerosos monasterios y "hospitales", como centros de acogida a los pobres y necesitados. La hospitalidad aparece en estrecha vinculación con la institución del monacato, dentro de la cual se constituye como una faceta más de su quehacer Caminos de peregrinación, peregrino, monacato, hospitalidad, acogida, asistencia
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LA CHAISE-DIEU RESSUSCITE AIMÉ GIRON
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Jacques Coulardeau
2026, Éditions La Dondaine, Medium.com
On l’aurait bien cru disparu cet Aimé Giron et ne voilà-t-il pas qu’un jeune éditeur à La Chaise-Dieu le récupère chez Rakuten et nous réoffre sa fantaisie fantaisiste, mais pas si fantastique que ça, sur les amours adolescentes de...
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On l’aurait bien cru disparu cet Aimé Giron et ne voilà-t-il pas qu’un jeune éditeur à La Chaise-Dieu le récupère chez Rakuten et nous réoffre sa fantaisie fantaisiste, mais pas si fantastique que ça, sur les amours adolescentes de Jacques de Saint Nectaire. Plutôt pervers, direz-vous ! Oui, mais réalistement pas laïque, ou est-ce catholique qu’il faut dire, du tout et médiéval en sautant d’un pied. Et le tout est amusant car on n’aura jamais le fin mot de l’histoire et le cas est définitivement glacé et clos. Même pour Sherlock Holmes ou je ne sais quel Lupin. Mais ce livre artisanal et fait main est un objet tout à fait respectable à collectionner dans sa bibliothèque.
We would certainly have thought Aimé Giron had disappeared, but lo and behold, a young publisher in La Chaise-Dieu has unearthed him, taken him out of his tomb, at Rakuten, and is offering us his whimsical, though not so fantastical, tale of the adolescent love affairs of Jacques de Saint-Nectaire. Rather perverse, you might say! Yes, but realistically not lay-secular—or should we say crystal-clear Catholic?—at all, and medieval to boot with a skipping rope. And the whole thing is amusing because we never get to the bottom of the story, and the case is definitely frozen and closed. Even for Sherlock Holmes or some other Arsène Lupin. But the crafty, handmade book is quite a respectable object to collect in your library.
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Lielā Cīņa
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New Covenant Publications International Ltd.
2026, New Covenant Publications International Ltd
"Mēs noraidām šo lēmumu," sacīja firsti. "Sirdsapziņas lietās vairākumam nav nekādas varas." ... Reihstāgam nav tiesību darīt kaut ko vairāk par reliģiskās brīvības saglabāšanu līdz koncila sanākšanai." (2) Valsts pienākums ir aizsargāt...
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"Mēs noraidām šo lēmumu," sacīja firsti. "Sirdsapziņas lietās vairākumam nav nekādas varas." ... Reihstāgam nav tiesību darīt kaut ko vairāk par reliģiskās brīvības saglabāšanu līdz koncila sanākšanai." (2) Valsts pienākums ir aizsargāt sirdsapziņas brīvību, un tā ir robeža tās autoritātei reliģijas jautājumos. Ikviena laicīgā valdība, kas ar varas palīdzību mēģina regulēt vai uzspiest reliģiskos pienākumus, upurē tieši to principu, par kuru tik cildeni cīnījās evaņģēliskie kristieši.
"Principi, kas ietverti šajā slavenajā protestā, veido protestantisma būtību. Šis protests tātad vēršas pret diviem cilvēku sagrozījumiem ticības lietās: pret pasaulīgas varas iejaukšanos un pret baznīcas patvaļu. Šo sagrozījumu vietā protestantisms sirdsapziņas varu nostāda pāri valsts varai un Dieva Vārda autoritāti pāri valdošās baznīcas autoritātei. Vispirms tas neatzīst valsts varas iejaukšanos dievišķās lietās, līdz ar praviešiem un apustuļiem sakot: "Mums Dievam jāpaklausa vairāk nekā cilvēkiem."
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Un inventari de 1319 fet a la casa de la Sala de Monistrol de Montserrat
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Josep Batlle
2026
L'eix sobre el qual gira el text que s'ha estudiat, és un inventari dels bens mobles que hi havia a l'agost de 1319 a la casa de la "Sala" de Monistrol de Montserrat, llar del prior de Montserrat que alhora era el senyor feudal del terme.
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Una spia della fortuna ligure-genovese di Domenico Cavalca: il ms. Pavia, Biblioteca Universitaria, Aldini 87
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Matthias Buergel
2026, Insula Fulcheria
I saggi pubblicati dalla Rivista nelle sezioni Articoli e Note di ricerca sono stati sottoposti a un processo di peer-review e dunque la loro pubblicazione presuppone, oltre al parere favorevole del Direttore e del Comitato Editoriale,...
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I saggi pubblicati dalla Rivista nelle sezioni Articoli e Note di ricerca sono stati sottoposti a un processo di peer-review e dunque la loro pubblicazione presuppone, oltre al parere favorevole del Direttore e del Comitato Editoriale, l'esito positivo di una valutazione anonima commissionata dalla direzione a due lettori, di cui almeno uno esterno al Comitato scientifico.
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On the Defense of Hypotheses by Lukáš Reitinger (2025)
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David Vrána
2026
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Nad obhajobou hypotéz Lukáše Reitingera (2025)
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David Vrána
2026
V roce 2023 publikoval Lukáš Reitinger v prvním čísle Časopisu Matice moravské (s. 127-157) obhajobu svých hypotéz týkajících se interpretace nástěnných maleb v rotundě sv. Kateřiny ve Znojmě. Vrací se nejprve k otázce počátků znojemského...
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V roce 2023 publikoval Lukáš Reitinger v prvním čísle Časopisu Matice moravské (s. 127-157) obhajobu svých hypotéz týkajících se interpretace nástěnných maleb v rotundě sv. Kateřiny ve Znojmě. Vrací se nejprve k otázce počátků znojemského hradu a přičítá mi odmítnutí "Janovy teze" z roku 1997, že název "urbs Znogem" patřil původně Hradišti sv. Hippolyta (s. 129). Tady si připomeňme, že to byla hypotéza Lubomíra Havlíka z roku 1956, v níž byl spojen název Znojmo (Znojem) s Hradištěm, a kostel sv. Hippolyta byl identifikován jako centrum církevní správy na Znojemsku až do reorganizace za Jindřicha Zdíka. 1 Nejsem si jist, proč Lukáš Reitinger zdůrazňuje problém "urbs Znogem". Zdá se, že argumentace vychází z představy příčiny a následku. Pokud by se prokázalo, že "urbs Znogem" označuje v pramenech Hradisko a to ještě na počátku 12. století, měli bychom vyvodit, že na území dnešního Znojma nemohla stát žádná stavba. To by se ale L. Reitinger musel vyrovnat i s Janovým předpokladem, že obě lokality, existující nadále vedle sebe, současně užívaly tentýž název, a to snad až do poloviny 13. století. 2 Podle Lukáše Reitingera měl být antikvován můj postoj odkrytím rotundy na Hradišti sv. Hippolyta v letech 2021-2022, která je datována do 11. století (s. 129). Jeho dezinterpretace pomíjí, že odkrytí rotundy na Hradišti nebylo v kontextu Havlíkových úvah a archeologických výzkumů Bohuslava Klímy nečekané. 3 Má kritika Janovy studie se týkala především sporné konstrukce vývoje církevní organizace na Znojemsku, nakolik vedla k chybné dataci znojemských kostelů, což považuji v dané věci za hlavní problém. Ostatně mezitím již Libor Jan korigoval své názory, takže nyní klade vznik kostelů sv. Mikuláše a sv. Michala nepříliš přesvědčivěji do druhé čtvrtiny 12. století a vznik rotundy do doby krátce po roce 1130. Reitingerův výklad ve věci rytého nápisu, hlásícího se k roku 1134, se pokouší relativizovat jednotliviny bez přihlédnutí ke kontextu a funkci. Rozsáhlý exkurz k problematice zasvěcení rotundy sv. Kateřině shrnu jeho otázkou (s. 134): "Jak mohlo mariánské zasvěcení rotundy zaniknout před rokem 1239, když ještě ve druhé polovině 13. století (či později) vznikl na její stěně rytý nápis o zasvěcení této svatyně právě Panně Marii?" Jak je známo, předpokládám spolu s L. J. Konečným pamětní funkci nápisu, který informuje o tom, že kaple Panny Marie byla v roce 1134 zasvěcena sv. Kateřině. Jako nejpravděpodobnější se mi jeví možnost, že do původně mariánského oltáře byly vloženy ostatky sv. Kateřiny a kaple jí byla zasvěcena, čímž se vysvětluje jak pozdější absence zmínek o Panně Marii, tak jakási zásadní událost v roce 1134, o níž informuje nápis. Vytrhování pasáže "piet. reg." z kontextu spolu s předpokládaně anachronickým významem "zbožnost králů" (s. 133), není jediným možným výkladem. Lukáš Reitinger navrhuje čtení "pro pobožnosti králů -p(ro) act(ibus) piet(atis) reg(um)" (s. 134, pozn. 22), čímž údajný anachronismus neodhaluje, ale vytváří. Jeho "pobožnosti králů" by zde totiž byly důvodem knížete Konráda k nějakým aktivitám v roce 1134, v mém výkladu tedy k rekonsekraci svatyně. Výklad o rekonsekraci podporují indicie o možném získání ostatků sv. Kateřiny ze Srbska. Domnívám se, že argumentování absencí sv. Kateřiny na malbách na podporu datace výmalby před rok 1134 nevykazuje rozpory. Reitingerovo odvolávání se na výklady týkající se nepřítomnosti některého z mnoha světců na malbách v kostelech s mnoha patrony zato vykazuje nedostatky (s. 133-134). Rotunda nebyla zasvěcena mnoha světcům, ani neměla řadu oltářů, jak se pokouší navodit, jakoby pojednával o katedrále. Nahrazení jednoho zasvěcení druhým, zapříčiněné získáním ostatků sv. Kateřiny a spojené s rekonsekrací oltáře, odpovídá historické situaci, podobě stavby i možnému výkladu nápisu. Po takovém aktu by nebyl důvod pominout ve výmalbě zasvěcení sv. Kateřině. Zásadní je pro Lukáše Reitingera obhajoba hypotézy o inspiraci výzdoby znojemské rotundy v Katalogu českých knížat. Zmíněný opět spekuluje (s. 141), že Katalog vznikl před rokem 1198, kdy je poprvé zmíněn v letopisech opatství Admont. Předpokládá v Admontu i jeho fyzickou přítomnost s odkazem na to, že se tam ve druhé polovině 12. století opisovaly náboženské texty českého původu (Crescente fide). Ty se ovšem opisovaly na různých lokalitách a zmíněná legenda obzvlášť, a to v
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GIOVANNI MINNUCCI, L’elezione dell’abate nella Regola di san Benedetto da Norcia (cap. LXIV) e la legislazione novellare giustinianea: una possibile connessione? The election of the abbot in the Rule of saint Benedict of Norcia (chapter LXIV) and Justinian’s Novels: a possible connection?
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Giovanni Minnucci
2026, Historia et Ius
SOMMARIO: 1. La singolare genesi di una piccola, ma forse significativa, indagine - 2. La legislazione giustinianea e il cap. LXIV della Regola di san Benedetto sulle procedure di elezione dell’abate - 3. L’opinione del giurista...
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SOMMARIO: 1. La singolare genesi di una piccola, ma forse significativa, indagine -
2. La legislazione giustinianea e il cap. LXIV della Regola di san Benedetto sulle
procedure di elezione dell’abate - 3. L’opinione del giurista umanista Antonie Le
Conte e un’ipotesi conclusiva.
Chapter LXIV of the Rule of st. Benedict stresses that the abbot should be elected unanimously or, if not possible, by a minority (sanior pars) of the monastic community rather than by a numerical majority. This study aims to demonstrate that this electoral procedure may derive from a 546 Justinian Novella. This is confirmed by a comparative reading of the texts and of the opinion on this point expressed in the modern age by the humanist jurist Antoine Le Conte (Contius). This allows us to affirm that the Rule could have been issued by Benedict after 546.
Il cap. 64 della Regola di san Benedetto prevede che l’abate venga eletto all’unanimità oppure, quando non è possibile, non dalla maggioranza numerica, ma da una parte, anche minoritaria (sanior pars), della comunità monastica. Questo studio intende dimostrare che tale procedura elettorale potrebbe derivare da una Novella giustinianea del 546. Lo conferma la lettura comparata dei testi e l’opinione espressa, sul punto, in età moderna, dal giurista umanista Antoine Le Conte (Contius). Ciò consente di poter affermare che la Regola dovrebbe essere è stata emanata da Benedetto dopo il 546.
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"Church Councils and Monastic Privileges in Early Medieval Gaul" presented at the conference "Synodality in the Early Church", Lublin, Poland
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Jerzy Szafranowski
2026
In my paper, I will examine the role of church councils in granting special privileges to the monastic communities of late antique and early medieval Gaul. My point of departure is the first monastic privilege of exemption widely regarded...
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In my paper, I will examine the role of church councils in granting special privileges to the monastic communities of late antique and early medieval Gaul.
My point of departure is the first monastic privilege of exemption widely regarded as genuine: the document issued by bishop Burgundofaro of Meaux for his newly-founded monastery at Rebais in 637. Significantly, Burgundofaro’s charter closely follows the form of synodal acts; it is composed as bishop’s address to six other bishops gathered in Meaux’s cathedral and appended are the signatures of twenty-six bishops. In further resemblance to council acts, the privilege of Rebais claims to repeat some earlier legislation, namely the special rights conferred at different times on four monasteries: Agaune, Luxueil, Lérins, and Saint-Marcel in Chalons-sur-Saône.
Contrary to my predecessors, I think that this list was not just “a fictive reconstruction of the past that served to embed the privilege in a venerable tradition” (Rosenwein 1999: 68). Nor was portraying the privilege as the council acts a purely stylistic or rhetorical choice. In my presentation, I will show how Burgundofaro’s charter was influenced by different church councils, particularly the so-called Council in the Case of Faustus (ca 451) and the Council of Valence (583). I will also employ hagiography and documents forged in later periods to reconstruct some more obscure church councils, such as the council which sanctioned Agaune’s monastery re-foundation in 515.
The purpose of my paper will be, thus, twofold. Firstly, I will demonstrate how the aforementioned councils influenced each other, presenting the privilege for Rebais as the result of a long evolution of monastic liberties rather than a sudden innovation. Secondly, I will explain why convening a church council was necessary to grant an exemption from the authority of the local bishop to a specific monastery.
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"Monasteries as Places of Clerical Education in Late Antique Gaul”, IMC Leeds 2021
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Jerzy Szafranowski
2026
In my paper, I will investigate the role of late antique Gallic monasteries as places where clerics learned how to properly perform their duties. This phenomenon is attested both for adults freshly ordained to priesthood (prince...
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In my paper, I will investigate the role of late antique Gallic monasteries as places where clerics learned how to properly perform their duties. This phenomenon is attested both for adults freshly ordained to priesthood (prince Merovechus sent to the monastery of Aninsola in 576) and children committed by their parents to follow ecclesiastical career (evidenced by Gregory of Tours for the monastery of Agaune). I will enquire into the skills clerics were taught in the monasteries and their role in the community. Finally, I will argue in what way the examples of secular clergy being educated in the monastic communities may alter our assumptions concerning late antique monks and, more generally, the relation between the monastic and clerical vocations in this period.
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Emotions and the Struggle for a Peaceful Society. Vita Sancti Geraldi by Saint Odo of Cluny
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Jerzy Szafranowski
2026, Religious Men in the Middle Ages: Networks and Communities Conference at Lincoln, UK
In my paper, I will discuss emotions presented in The Life of Saint Gerald of Aurillac. This extraordinary Vita was written by Odo, Saint himself and the second abbot of Cluny, and is renown as for being the first that depicts the...
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In my paper, I will discuss emotions presented in The Life of Saint Gerald of Aurillac. This extraordinary Vita was written by Odo, Saint himself and the second abbot of Cluny, and is renown as for being the first that depicts the sanctity not of a clergyman nor a member of a royal dynasty but that of a nobleman. In the first part of my presentation, I will briefly describe the rich emotional language of the Vita and instances where emotions play vital roles.
The second component of my paper will consist of working hypotheses concerning the origin of the various passions present in the Gerald’s Life. My foremost line of inquiry will be the works fundamental to emergence of monastic spirituality, mainly the Apophteghmata of the Desert Fathers and the writings of John Cassian, Augustine of Hippo, Benedict of Nursia and Gregory the Great, introducing and popularising Desert Fathers’ concept of monasticism in the West.
The third and final part of my delivery will be an attempt to uncover Odo’s reasons for employing such vast repertoire of affections in his work. Gerald’s Vita is indeed not easy to interpret – the reader is puzzled at first since Gerald’s actions and emotions particulary seem to contradict one another. I will argue that this is the result of the Saint’s “otherworldness”. For there is a clearly visible tension in Gerald’s attitude towards secular world. On the one hand, he is a great lord with plenty of subjects and corresponding number of worldly obligations. On the other hand, he wears a hidden tonsure and seeks peace in the inner solitude of his heart, where only Jesus’ love is present. In my opinion, this conflict is mirrored in Gerald’s emotional structure, which combines several traditions that I intend to trace.
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L’EREDITÀ DI SAN COLOMBANO MEMORIA E CULTO ATTRAVERSO IL MEDIOEVO Convegno internazionale, Bobbio, 21-22 novembr 2015 (coordinamento scientifico: Eleonora Destefanis)
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Eleonora Destefanis
2026
La presenza del corpo di san Colombano a Bobbio e la venerazione di cui è oggetto rappresentano un elemento essenziale per lo sviluppo del monastero nell’altomedioevo e costituiscono al contempo un aspetto di forte continuità attraverso...
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La presenza del corpo di san Colombano a Bobbio e la
venerazione di cui è oggetto rappresentano un elemento
essenziale per lo sviluppo del monastero nell’altomedioevo e costituiscono al contempo un aspetto di forte continuità attraverso i secoli. Anche al di là del monastero italiano,
tuttavia, nella diversificata realtà che al santo si riconduce,
la devozione colombaniana si esplica in varie forme (diffusione di reliquie, testi agiografici, riferimenti nella liturgia),
ancora in larga parte da indagare. Il convegno si propone di
fornire nuovi spunti di riflessione sulla memoria e sul culto
del santo, in una prospettiva cronologica di lunga durata e
su scala sovraregionale.
I temi di ricerca affrontati sono molteplici: diffusione e funzione delle reliquie nell’Occidente altomedievale e ruolo
dei monasteri colombaniani in tale fenomeno, diffusione
del culto del santo nello spazio europeo; scritti di Colombano
e produzione agiografica, dalla Vita di Giona a testi di successiva redazione; i monasteri colombaniani come luoghi
di pellegrinaggio attraverso le attestazioni scritte e le fonti materiali; rapporti con il cenobio di S. Gallo; la memoria di Colombano attraverso l’altomedioevo sino alle soglie
dell’età moderna.
Sono contestualmente presentati nuovi dati archeologici
frutto di scavi condotti dalla Soprintendenza Archeologia
dell’Emilia-Romagna nel corso di numerosi anni di indagini finalizzate alla tutela archeologica preventiva e di ricerca effettuate sul vasto territorio bobbiese, ove il monastero
attuò un capillare radicamento patrimoniale, lasciando una
forte impronta sul piano economico e culturale.
Gli atti del convegno sono stati pubblicati:
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GDPR compliance in libraries
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Zuzana Šidlichovská
2026, GDPR v knihovnách
Meeting the requirements of GDPR is one of the compliance obligations for all organizations that process personal data, and therefore also for all types of libraries. For this reason, the introduction of this chapter describes the general...
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Meeting the requirements of GDPR is one of the compliance obligations for all organizations that process personal data, and therefore also for all types of libraries. For this reason, the introduction of this chapter describes the general legal regulations for personal data processing in libraries – from the definition of basic concepts and main principles, through the lawfulness of processing, the fulfillment of information obligation, the rights of data subjects to special institutes of personal data protection from the perspective of libraries. Main part of the chapter describes a  procedure useful for the application of GDPR requirements in the practice of libraries, concluding with references supporting documents and information resources for the implementation and control of measures to comply with the conditions of personal data processing in libraries.
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